Old as Testosterone
Old as testosterone
is a desire to score…
fist pumps and high fives
for baseballs hit beyond a fence
or pucks into a net.
Old as testosterone
is a desire to bond…
where players hug
or belly bump…butt smack
or win team smash.
Old as testosterone
is that desire to win
with degree that terrifies…
street games to gangs
or computer games to drones
or football games to war.
Bonnie Marshall
Lucy tees the ball.
Charlie trusts her once again.
Charlie is a fool.
Though hardly in the haiku realm
it fits the three-line style
to write image…
add emotion…insight…
count syllables.
And we have expectations
that the thought be fair and true.
Here we may well question
Charlie’s frame of mind.
Perhaps he’s just a happy soul
who lives a trusting life.
I lived in the South.
“She’s such a sweet thing,”
was not a compliment.
Charlie is a fool.
Bonnie Marshall
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