poetry critical

online poetry workshop



//as i close in on thirty//
unknown

you're next,
 1
the vet student said
 2
while holding up
 3
giant clippers.
 4
 
 
the sheep's balls
 5
and part of its ball-sack
 6
shot ancient torture
 7
up our spines
 8
from the cement floor.
 9
 
 
jay, gabe and i
 10
ran back to the trailer park
 11
from the vet school
 12
holding our nuts
 13
the whole way.
 14
 
 
worst thing you
 15
could do
 16
to a man,
 17
we all agreed that night
 18
on the merry-go-round
 19
counting stars and
 20
measuring the universe
 21
through ten year old
 22
eyes.
 23
 
 
of course
 24
not one hundred yards away
 25
in either direction
 26
 
 
our dads were
 27
scheming options for flight
 28
while bleeding good years
 29
from their assholes
 30
under weight of
 31
 
 
the
 32
one
 33
 
 
true
 34
 
 
tragedy.
 35

13 Jun 07


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