tough guy
^(^The ^Formatting ^is ^intentional)
bone's not broke if you can bend it. dropped him with one punch. don't talk shit. coins clatter on the sidewalk. baseball bat. his friends carried him home. it hurts, but i'm not a pussy. had to stop them from hittin him. you can cry in the shower. help us, he said. i'm not gonna risk my ass for your pocket change. a knife, some blood. look in his eyes. fuck the police. he didn't stand a chance. two men hold him on the ground. nothing good's gonna come from this. it's my fault, though. twenty minutes before they roll in the alley. it's a punchline. five bills for the winner. i guess it's not rape if she's a whore. brass knuckles. the fuck you say? i didn't fight since i learned how. bus stopped for a pigeon in the road. everyone's got something to prove. he wasn't goin' nowhere. screwdriver. head split open like a soggy bag. they let him go. boxcutter. not the other guy. i was on the bench press when it happened. the tire would've been better. fence post. you put armor on when you're soft.
the cabs wouldn't stop for him, so we took one together.
the formatting is intentional
https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/5e2oxf/oneword_poem_4/dac3ujo/
Posted Nov 23, 2016, 9:42 AM UTC