they?

i feel disgusting today. i have layers and layers upon my face.
i have been overeating. and i have a load of work waiting in my hands.
i'm in denial.

they told me, "They are pigs"
i was little and i believed them
few years later they told me, "They are dumb as fish"
i was confused but i drew Them as their words instructed
and everyday my father warned of his own kind,
"They are wolves. stay away from Them"
and i did what i do best by building walls in obedience
now i peek through that small hole i left open
thinking "They must be so horrible
to have all the unseemly metaphors"
and that hole perfectly encircles my pupil