Advice To A Teenage Boy

You’ll crack a hip
straddling
a black snake

Wreck a wrist
clinging to its
barbed-whip reins

Things will change when
you’re in the chains 
Wise up son for

rowdy boyhood
might make for either
a grimmer manhood

or a more joyful one
You decide the road
but all must lead through

blacksnake riptide
slashhand chains and
wristsnap buck and roll

getting through is all 
in how
you ride

 

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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