I was just one in a population of outcasts
with a predefined placement in society-
at the tail end, not part of normalcy.
My parameters had been carefully set;
I was not allowed outside of these bounds
that is, until I was extracted “randomly”.
Paranoia ensued as confidence intervals shrank
and bad decisions ruled over me ranging
from past mistakes and future failures.
I was expected to progress towards the mean,
but instead I regressed back into exile knowing
there was no correlation between them and I.