Saturday, January 28, 2006

Ten Inches on A6

A string of beatings
In a single night last week.
Bruises, black eyes
And broken teeth.

Rocks, bricks, fists and feet,
Pellet guns and knives.
Baseball bats
Are a favored weapon.

A group of teenagers
Who piled into a car
And went
Looking for homeless people to beat up.

Practically sport among young people,
Mostly white men under 20.

The death of 45-year-old
Norris Gaynor, whose head
And chest were bashed
With a baseball bat
While he slept on a park bench.

Homeless people just take it on the chin
And move
To a more secluded area.

3 comments:

Saint K said...

Seriously. who's gonna comment?

Two Guns said...

Loser24, you are.

Dross, I appreciate the sarcasm, but I am giving you a 3 week suspension on the use of exclamation marks.

Saint K said...

Yeah, you were right about that, TwoGuns. Oh and I don't appreciate the sarcasm Dross.