LOOK AT ME!

By Jean Grosch




Look at me, People!
  I was guaranteed life
     but not love!
I am the abortion that was
     against the law!
  No one wanted me
             and no one cared.

Look at me!
    I am a battered child.
I wanted love. I got indifference.
    My mother hated me for being born.
   I learned not to care.
     I learned to hate.
                   No one cared.

Look at me!
 I am thirteen years old
    and in prison
   for armed robbery.
I am afraid. I want love.
   I settle for the touch
       of an older man.
                  No one cares.

Look at me!
  I am an ex-con
  I am a junkie
  A gang leader,
    A bi-sexual freak,
A former human being
        turned devil!
I AM JESUS CHRIST!
                No one cares.

Look at me!
  I order death, and it happens!
I set people free from this life
   of hatred and sorrow.
I make blood flow like water!
  I cause FEAR!
     FEAR is POWER.
     POWER is LOVE.
I have LOVE at last!
  Look at me, People.
                NOW YOU CARE!

Look at me!
  I am what happens when you turn your backs.
        I am a human being,
                  given life,
               but denied love.

I am what you get
   When you allow society to PUNISH
    And GOD to LOVE.
This leaves YOU free to turn your backs
   For I am no longer your responsibility!

You copped out
   And you have ME!
And you turn away in revulsion and disgust!

	WHERE DID HE COME FROM?

                     HOW DID HE HAPPEN?

            My name is Charles Manson!

                     LOOK AT ME!!
                               And see the reflection of 
                                   Your own indifference!
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