Thirty-Three Poems

The verses in <i>Thirty-Three Poems</i> author William Sexton's first collection address a wide variety of topics from the heart of his own emotions. He examines his own feelings and anxieties about high school and explores thoughts on the earth and the environment. The verses detail his high school experiences for better or worse and illustrate the hopelessness that he felt because of the carelessness of people who mistreat the earth and her resources. Other verses were inspired by the times when he felt most deeply connected to his emotional center; these served as important emotional outlets and convey the deeply felt reactions of Sexton to the world at large. <i><b>Biting Time</b>Anger and frustrationThey eat at me like bugsThousands of themSwarming meAnd knowing at my lungsI want to tear them into bitsAnd kick the mangled huskNow my time is running shortAnd rushing me to duskI wish that clock would melt in fearAnd ever after shed its tearsI want the time to drink its bloodTo slowly my racing heartThudThudThudIf only that which time would spareWas just enough to wash my hair</i>