Message Refused

These messengers the unseen world sends me—
an imbecile, a stammerer, a mute—
it’s laughable. They’re trying to befriend me,
these messengers the unseen world sends me.
Who are they to imagine they can mend me?
Don’t like the news I hear. Perhaps I’ll shoot
these messengers the unseen world sends me,
the imbecile, the stammerer, the mute.