Catherine Chandler's Poetry Blog

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Madison Street: Bully

 








Bully

 

Eddie Fox is sly beyond his years,

his unsuspecting parents’ pride and joy.

A rascal always spoiling for a fight,

Eddie boasts there’s not a soul he fears.

The hit-and-run is Eddie’s favorite ploy;

his alibis are always watertight.

 

The other boys won’t flip their baseball cards

with Eddie. Moms won’t let him in their yards.

 

Last week the object of his spite became

a little girl he thought would hardly pose

a threat; but Kitty Kramer foiled his game,

gave him a shiner and a bloody nose.

Now Eddie Fox seems chastened, tempered, tame;

or is he seething? Heaven only knows.

 


 


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