• BOUND MAN
    by UC Poika




    O traveler robbed and tied up along the way
    when found he saved your life but left you bound
    yet taught you circus tricks that boggle the mind
    and for the first time everybody cheered
    then the circus fell on hard times and even failed
    and the owner cut your ties and let you out
    but you still did tricks because all the while
    it was the only time they cheered you see
    but there came a man who set you free from that
    because he cut the ropes of your binding pride
    and your unending hopes to move the crowds to clap
    and even set you free from all of your desires
    but in the end you found that you were still in a bind
    for you must yet cope with playing the role of being fine