the first fight i ever had
that i can remember 
may have been saying something wild to
a kid that i didn’t think could fight 
and he shoulder tossed me and pinned me 
and punched me twice
in the forehead
and i
learned what mercy was that day

when you see someone not fighting you back
you would think
you would give quarter 

but instead

you choose to keep harming someone

who has done little or nothing to harm you in response 

besides exist

as a reminder of all the atrocities you commit
and it’s not like you thunk you’re excluded
exempt
18-wheeler accidents don’t give enough payout 
for you to be a dick
and I don’t give a fuck if you sat courtside at the championship
Or were featured on a podcast
Or how many hoes you had in undergrad
Because all this does is piss me the fuck off
And make me mad
Because Now We Ain’t Got Shit To Show For It
So I Think
We Should Take These Gloves Off
And GO
FOR 
IT