Put Down as a Dependant
by Benjamin Nardolilli
Plea from a captive: please
give me a captain,
if I’m going to be held back
behind these walls,
then I want orders to order
the percolating world within myself
Nowadays, all that’s left to me
are restrictions,
but no directions, cooped up
in here, I can only fear
someone, somewhere out there,
is getting me ready for the slaughter
About the Author
Ben Nardolilli currently lives in New York City. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, Danse Macabre, The 22 Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, Local Train Magazine, The Minetta Review, and Yes Poetry. He blogs at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com and is trying to publish a novel.