Saturday, April 16, 2016

Blood Sport



Blood Sport


Unlikely opponents
with boxing gloves duct-taped
to their wrists resting between
rounds in their respective corners.

Sweat dripping.

Thank God for the safety cones
so they don't hurt themselves.

Me, the referee, stripes and a whistle.
(I hate this game.)
No one responds when I blow.

The count is at 3.

They both stagger up, circling
each other one more time.


April 16, 2016

prompt:  serious or silly poem

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