My emotions run on a very thin line

The end is near my forehead

This is labeled Output

Along the way little boxes haply line the path

One by one they go in a row

Silly and Happy are near the back

These are small, usually empty boxes

Since they most often go to Output

Annoyance, Anger, Hatred, Fear, Despair

These all have openings leading to one big box; Explode

This is near the front

To catch the bad before they reach Output

Thus the box Explode is constantly, slowly, filling

Tears is the largest box

It follows the line on one whole side

All emotions that try to travel the line

But over exceed the capacity of such a thin path

Flood over into Tears

The strainer in the bottom of Tears

Helps it to never overflow

Any speeding emotion, eager to reach Output

May easily bump another, already close to falling,

Into either Explode or Tears

Depending on the tilt of my head