My right eye bled

and I could not fight back,

if I had, I may have ended up

in a worse condition, one that

surely would have had me

as close to death

as the day my appendix

no longer grumbled

and instead shot poison

into my system almost to the point

of no return.

 

My body stretched out like dough

being rolled out to make bread

for the hungry teens

on Cooper School field

and my battered face, sharp elbow dented