Before you read this poem

If you are sensitive, if you have illusions about human nature that you wish to preserve, or illusions about me, the author of these works, or if there is anything else about your personality that requires protection from things that are not what you expect, please do not read this poem.

Please see this link for a fuller explanation of how I have classified those poems that are likely to affect readers who are less tolerant to some of my more explicit descriptions of the Human Condition.