open-handed smack
she smiled and bled
said
that the man your father raised you
to be
I bet
mom's proud now
he heard
as he
descended
the stairs
then exited the door
he was smiling too
he told me watching
her fall felt good
actually how
he wanted to be ashamed
but felt that
she deserved it
staring at the wall
and the bottles
without a smile or a frown
the moment deserved
silence
the jukebox played
some manufactured pop song
and then
another
she smiled and bled
said
that the man your father raised you
to be
I bet
mom's proud now
he heard
as he
descended
the stairs
then exited the door
he was smiling too
he told me watching
her fall felt good
actually how
he wanted to be ashamed
but felt that
she deserved it
staring at the wall
and the bottles
without a smile or a frown
the moment deserved
silence
the jukebox played
some manufactured pop song
and then
another
bettybruises:
haha well i'm originally from colorado and california is kind of weird (especially southern california!)...i have a friend from arkansas who swore that if you knew phonics you couldn't speak "southern" 