DRUNK SONNET 55

I NEVER PLANNED ON DYING
BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE
WHAT I MEAN, IS I AM GOING
TO SOME FUNERALS SOON

TODAY I WATCHED A KID PUNCH SPIDERS
INTO A WALL AND SMASH THEM TO DEATH
HE WAS LAUGHING. I LISTENED TO HIS FISTS
SMASH AGAINST THE WALL. I JUST WATCHED

HIS STEP-DAD ONCE THREW A JAR OF SPIDERS
INTO HIS BED. HE WAS FIVE.
SPIDERS TERRIFY HIM

ANOTHER OF HIS STEP-DADS PUT TURDS
IN HIS BED. HE WAS A LITTLE OLDER
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S AFRAID OF TURDS