Tonight's Poet Corner: Counterproductive

Counterproductive
by Belinda Roddie

People beg for me to sympathize
after they've slammed their worn boot
against my cheek, pushing and pushing
me down until I'm crying with a
squeaking jaw. They ask me, "How does it
feel, to be ground into the dirt?" And I say,
"Makes no sense for you to hurt me
just because someone happened to hurt you."

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