Will Bending - Grade

when opinion is 
brought on by suggestion 
the anecdote 
is not evidence enough 
for handouts of daily anesthetic 
to disguise the next disappointment 
or as eating brains 
can cure primitive intellect 
the history of my mistakes 
bases on the pretense 
of being paid to 
paint over spiders as important 
instead of listening to the 
leaves as they amplify 
the beat of the rain 
we take a hammer to the head