A poem about an incident that happened long ago.

It was a cold night

I remember hearing her scream

She woke me and my sister up

God let this be a dream

My mother got a call

Saying my dad is at the bar

Him and some woman was just kissing in his car

My momma was fuming, boiling mad

She screamed and said tonight!

I gonna kill your dad!

My sister started crying

When they threw us in the car!

My Auntie was driving and we didn’t go far

They pulled into an alley on the side of the place

My moma had a bat and my Auntie had Mace

My mother then said, Kids sit still

Mommy has to talk with Daddy and Miss Jill

Miss Jill? the woman  from across our street?

My Aunt said yeah, she gonna get that ass beat!

Into the bar the two of them ran

I guess you can say that’s when it hit the fan!

My momma seen Jill and before she could speak

It was a one punch knock out right off her feet

My dad turns around like whats going down?

That’s when my mom whacked him! With the bat to the ground! 

He was crawling on the floor shouting somebody help!

That’s when my Auntie maced him and beat him with her belt!

One whip! two hits! three cracks, four 

Dad was screaming like a woman till the cops came threw the door.  

Now my momma went to jail for only one night

Charged with Simple Assault and starting a bar fight

And as I grew up I remember one thing

If you want to be a player then don’t buy a ring!! 

 

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  • sandie on Dec 7, 2009

    scary stuff to witness events when you are a small child, what grown ups dont realise is the impact on the kids minds and it can stick very positively forever like its yesterday, how awful for you.
    Like what sticks in my mind when i was little was a kid shouting for help, i wanted my mum to go and see in case he got stuck as he was playing by a drain pipe, mum said he\\\’s fine he\\\’s probably messing about, i never forget that.

  • LovelyWolf on Dec 7, 2009

    Good advice for adulters everywhere! Nice poem, thank you for sharing!

  • Authoress Terry E. Lyle on Dec 8, 2009

    Abuse is never kind and leaves bad memories, wonderful article and thanks for sharing.

  • stephan a waters on Dec 9, 2009

    wow good story..

  • Kakraba Afful on Feb 5, 2010

    Comical, lyrical. I like you.

  • Minister Marlene on Sep 13, 2010

    I see humor and a twist. Good poem.

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