Timid
really
they really thought they could
twist him
he
surmised Probably
because in the past it had served them so very well and
now it had congealed into their standard
their
go-to their well
and default
who the hell wants to withstand
the dry-rub and heat of intimidation
well he figured hed have to concede they didnt do their
homework on him
because out-of-hand as successful as it had been they hadnt consider they couldnt make him fold
and at the threat of violence hed
roll over an piss himself like a dog
he wondered if they had ever
considered that some people might beat themselves up
far more and far longer than those who coerced them
“those” -- is
the operative word
because rarely -- by
themselves -- does one attempt to intimidate another
strength in numbers an old pennon
is not lost on those who offend
any
more than on those who defend
-- So gents
Intimidate
away Take your best shots
but know this as severely as I do
I
recognise beyond a shadow of doubt Im on
the losing end of this beating
Its in the cards
and
Im resigned to it
Though two of you hopefully three arent walking away from here on your
tippytoes
You might want to consider who
among you Im talking about
Who among you arent going to be chewing
their food tonight and have to suck their meal
through a straw
or
arent hobbled or arent able to pick anything up with their hands use a fork spoon knife a pen
or wont
be able to see with both eyes for a couple of weeks
I can imagine that some of you
feel theres luck in it
So you got to ask yourself
Do you feel lucky
Do you feel lucky
Nope it never got old
hed been enjoying it far too long
rarely did it work and
they walked away
and sometimes his stalling brought others to his side
though not recently
these days they worried
about their faces
but that bravado
that
braying like an ass always seemed to buy him a split second of Surprise
and it was usually accompanied by
two blown out knees
and months of suffering
also money lost out of their
pockets
his old man told him as a kid Hit
em where it hurts
and after his first couple of
fights beatings he sustained
his
old man said
-- I
guess you didnt follow
Let me be
simpler
I
meant Kick em in the balls
his old man didnt fight clean
-- There aint nothing clean about
any fight Best you remember that
he had a couple of Service Hearts
to back him up
but he never listened to his old
man
if he listened to him hed
never would have left the city the neighborhood and seen what he had around the world
and those things alone
were
worth all the beating he endured in the past and the future
0010, Saturday,
8 11. 14
