January 31, 2005

Sk8r Thoughts

By Tony Brown

a random number
of my thoughts
will escape me
tonight and run

off to the
skateboard park where
they’ll beat their
little asses raw

on concrete and
it’ll be the
best thing, really
because I haven’t

kept up enough
with my end
of the bargain
to toughen them

enough to be
warriors as needed
for battle or
love or even

planning strategy with
my neighbors over
stopping the skateboard
park from ruining

our property values.
you’d think I
was their father
or something the

way they expect
to be punished
for being free
enough to play

on their own
in the very
source of my
misery, skating with

the freakish kids
who play there —
cracking jokes at
my expense, probably;

roughneck kids going
where they aren’t
supposed to be;
my thoughts, exactly.

About Tony Brown

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A poet with a history in slam, lots of publications; my personal poetry and a little bit of daily life and opinions. Read the page called "About..." for the details. View all posts by Tony Brown
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