Fred    

is a content warning      
                                       with pipe cleaner legs
and a snappy little beret                 
                                              frightened by                
                                              dissatisfied with
shifty shadows cast
by what
purports      
                  proclaims           
                                      proposes
to be solid  

hosts an open house and locks the doors
clinging to a coward’s mind
that understands enough to make it
hurt but not enough to make it stop  

hopes for heaven
only if it comes with valet parking