The Downsides

He was a bully and I was too---

too this not to talk back

and backhand

and back talk---

He was always pointing fingers

and making boys cry

and forcing the sit ins in the corner

and make them question

?---

We would all be much better off if he wasn't fascinated by the invention of the hula hoop

but it wasn't in the cards

and I wasn't bulletproof

which was our problem

I think

in this mess

Nature didn't get the upside of spite and confusion

it was in his insides and upsides

and was now his---