the words weren’t mine

when you’ve half a bloody mind               why not               err
on this side               of caution               I show nothing
to insist               this much               I know               you               mean well
quite often               you may find civility
certainly               together now               at the last
count among your numbered items               alone
I agree               so long               as they give to him
does he take away               the once removed route
that makes contact               too demeaning               for words
come               to disability directly
I say               I care               and you are spoken for
by another               one lies               with confusion
so conviction               in great expectation
becoming               a serial finisher