first day out of school he said

I encountered the world

first time I felt the wind on my face

another time

she was dying

she knew she was dying

I knew she was dying

& I’m putting kirby grips in her hair

feeling the fallibility

& she never said thank you

my heart jumped & I knew

exactly why I was there

he came at me knife in hand

& y’think of moves the bruce lee mystery kind

none of that happened

I could feel the slash blood running down

& then he tripped!

fell down flat

I kicked him all over stomped on his head

called an ambulance the police

feeling alive for the first time

& they arrested me saying

it was my knife I’d started it

then the cctv cameras showed

it was all about him

got to feel alive again but now I got

a healthy disregard for the po po

& i listen to all of these from confreres

who never wonder why i listen