No One Ever Told Me

no one ever taught me how

to watch a television

like a baby i knew my candy

no one ever caught me

when i learned to ride a bi-

cycle

and like the pavement em-

braced my skin

no one ever warned me

about that television

now i'm brain-dead at

twenty seven

no one ever mended my

lumps and bruises

and now it's hard to breath

with a broken nose