by J.D. Smith
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| Cartoon by Nick Anderson |
Sometimes you’ve got to kick the bully in the balls.
He started—but you’ll end—his little war
Of body-checking you in high school halls
Or calling you a cunt on bathroom stalls.
Keep kicking till he doubles up and falls,
And he won’t give be a problem anymore.
Sometimes you’ve got to kick the bully in the balls.
He started—but you’ll end—his little war.
J.D. Smith’s seventh collection of poetry, The Place That Is Coming to Us, is now available from Broadstone Books. His first fiction collection, Transit, was published in 2022 by Unsolicited Press. His other books include the formal verse collection The Killing Tree, the light verse collection Catalogs for Food Lovers, and the essay collection Dowsing and Science. Individual poems have appeared in publications including The Awl, Harvard Review Online, Nimrod, and Tar River Poetry.
