Square Society by Faye Simpson | One Poem Only

One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.Square SocietyFaye SimpsonIn the land of square people,They live ridged lives,With right angled rooms made to fit their intended occupants only,And the ridged rules silently spoken by every straight line,Bent and broken are often indistinguishable,For the square mind,In this curveless space,Everybody fits into their place.Or so it’d seem,Between the boundaries of 2D,Live creatures like me.Natural plasticity has allowed me to form a false face,A more angular appealing shape,So, I can be a member of this strict society,Otherwise, no such thing is available to me.I bend but I am not broken,I attain and abandon all easily,Square society was not made for shapeless souls like me.My differences have been made disabling,My lack of a true shape is an “issue”Not inherently,No, I quite like me,But square society, has decidedly defined,That I don’t deserve a space.Because no matter how I change my face,My mind, isn’t the right shape.More from Faye Simpson ↓@faye.poetry.prose on InstagramSupport + Stay Connected to OPOIf you’d like to support the show, Substack and Patreon members receive a copy of my book, For My Daughter, along with episodes from the audiobook.Poetry shows us what we need. Thank you for being part of the experience.Mentioned in this episode:Write After with One Poem OnlyWrite After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. If you want to join: Listen to a poem from the month of April on One Poem Only, then write your own in response. I will pick one for each day to read in June for a special series: One Poem After 🍎🍏 Submissions close May 15.Write After Submissions Form