Terrarium

Don't have to have these imprints, so long ago,

'just a silly crazy girl '.

Much better for you,

a safety checklist - 

Side effects,

cold stone-walls,

full-plate stalls.

Little chapters
for prisoners of shame -
we're all the same.

Each morning

film reels,

"Fragile wreckage;

Avalanche! Steer clear!" 

of the temperature controlled glass terrarium.

Spare time for broken hearts
taken from youth,

I don't want to know
what was understood.