Cup of Meat

Becoming defined by a false label

well now... that is akin to giving in

to the notion of life as a fable

a story, others tell, which is a sin

because then nothing is your own to own

the beginning, the middle, and the end

those are just a tall tale told for some bones

in hot pursuit of a book that will trend

for a few weeks, maybe even a year

then after that comes the bored apathy

due a worn plot so obviously clear

it doesn't even deserve empathy

well now... that is just a form of defeat

not worth even a token cup of meat