Allison Gems

You stand there
Staring at me

All day
Every day
from across the field,

A mockery of a human being.

You think you can fool me
into thinking you’re something you’re not?

The others stay away in fear
but
One day
– when you least expect it –
I will swoop in

And peck your eyes out.

scarecrow. 

By: Allison Gems