Cornflakes

You are a bowl of cereal.
A single solitary bowl that becomes soggy in time
The flakes no longer soak in knowledge
Much like your brain.
Could be that you weren’t made by expensive
Nutritionists that nurture
Thought.
Could be that you’re just that cheap imitation
Flake
that isn’t good enough for the top shelf.
Or, could be you had the potential
Of becoming a well balanced breakfast but
You were left to saturate too long and were
Forgotten.
When there’s nothing in the fridge
Or they are too lazy to fix something
Real
They go for cereal.
They go for you.
A poor substitute for whatever it is they’re looking for.