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BULLYING

By Dan Donlan, www.PoetryPoem.com/dandy1    Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime

It has it's disadvantages
Always one of the tallest in class
The Dorky kid who stood in the back
My costume every year was Frankenstein
A Mother would say, "Arent you a little old."
"You can have one just for helping the kids"
When in reality I was one of the youngest
Being big I wasn't bullied much
Teased from a distance but never bullied
Some of the kids bullied would hang around me
One day, high school I was walking with a friend
I asked him why he always carried so many books
"I live with Mom we don't have much money
The kids get in my locker throw paint in or water"
About this time the bully ran up from behind
and punched all the books and they went flying
My friend did the worst thing he could do
Nearly in tears in a high pitched voice. "Darn you!"
All the bully needed, "What you gonna do about it girl."
He began not punching but slapping Bryan and counting
"One what you gonna do baby two this ones for you."
He had his crowd of bullies around crowing
I had enough, "You wanna try slapping me girl?"
He slapped once and I was counting only not slaps
Someone told me it was a count of 28 punches to 3 slaps
Tooth in his hand he cried--not the thing for a bully
Years later married I had met her older sister
But her husband had not come to our wedding
Six hour drive we were almost there and wife said,
"I never thought of this, you might know Rocky, he was in your class."
It took more courage to not turn around than the actual fight
As I walked up wondering what I would say to the bully
He looked at me and I looked at him and he put a finger to his fake tooth
Nothing was mentioned about bullying he lost the tooth in a fight
His wife said, "The guy paid for that! Right Rocky?" I let it ride
Most of a bully is just bluff and talk anyway












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