Automaton

Blew it out of the water Out of proportion, distorted, par for the course Two irrational thinkers Passive aggression and pent-up excessive force Something came over me, crimson not clover-leafed Think of the humanity Thankfully paralyzed Maniac in his eyes looked much the same as mine The stars of natural selection ought to know better, forgetful and arrogant And just before it could happen, we coiled backward and acted like we were friends The sloops in the harbor survived the storm I gathered my good sense up off the lawn like an automaton