“Lunchroom Odyssey” is a poem written and read by Maxwell Vagus , featured on Season 2: Episode 3 of The Atomic Voodoo Lounge Podcast.
“Lunchroom Odyssey”
What gods have I angered in my short life
That once a school day I am cast adrift
To walk upon mop-streaked linoleum,
Scanning a tabled sea for just one friend,
Soft harbor in a swell of misery?
/
What hubris did I display or boast make
That I should descend to such a rancid place,
Loath to meet the eyes of reddened faces
Which laugh and point over lunchbox debris
As I step gingerly across their stage?
/
What home will there be to return to now?
An adolescent eternity spent
Floating betwixt Scylla and Charybdis,
Balancing plastic trays, strengthened my will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to spill.
