i don\' t wear sunglasses
to hide my pain
i wear them to
accentuate it
i do believe in total honesty
though i know that
most people hate it
i seldom wear a
sunshine smile
when i appear in
public places
i don\' t want comedy
to cramp my style
as i\' m observing
other faces
don\' t want the past
or any time to last
i wish that God
would accelerate it
i am a fugitive
i look like this
and most people
just don\' t tolerate it
i have cleaned up my act
shaved off my beard
and now i\' m standing here
right before yiy
i\' m gonna wear my pain
with dignity
and do my very best
to ignore you

LARZ GUSTAFSSON
May 15, 2008