No One Ever Told Me - Wheat

no one ever taught me how

to watch a television

like a baby i knew my candy

no one ever caught me when i learned to ride a bi-

cycle

and like the pavement em-

braced my skin

no one ever warned me about that television

now i’m brain-dead at twenty seven

no one ever mended my lumps and bruises

and now it’s hard to breath

with a broken nose