Shame

What a shame
that we live in shame

I mean, it's not as though it
wasn't dumped on us, some time
before we were born,
and our roles were set here
on Earth, with our duties
and bonds chained to our very souls.

So, our innocently acquired nooses
hang us in this life;
we become our own judge,
jailer
and hangman.

Shame is a mug's game
that this monkey
doesn't care to play any more
thank you very much.