A Very Bad Boy

My little boy inside
(as predicted by books)
is sad under clouds and
obligations

I will punish him
for not growing up
and out of me 

I have no external children
and must practice bad parenting
somehow
in order to be fully myself
in order to achieve my potential

I am a very bad boy
I am a much better adult
and will be an even better old man
a splendid grouch
with more memory than context
while abusing my inner child

Someone take him away
foster him
reform him
whatever you like
just put him in the system

I’ll only be right
when he’s been thrown away