VIOLENCE

from theverge.com

at school
we
all
kick each other in the shin
and
knee each other in the thigh
and
punch each other in the arm

DEAD ARM or DEAD LEG
we cry out
in victory

  this 
  is 
  Recreational

~

fights break out 

  rucks 
we called them

and
girl-fights 
bring 
the 
biggest 
crowds

savage nails 
biting
torn uniforms

  this 
  is 
  Vendetta

~

  Violence 
  Is 
  No 
  Solution

say the teachers
say the parents

ALL THE TIME

  and
  in 
  English Lit they show us

    Threads 

  in 
  two 
  sittings

~

and we grow up
and we survive AIDS and jobs
and the last-orders pub car park
               
and 
ALL THE TIME
on 
ALL THE NEWS
governments essential armies
serve
down
violence
from 
blue skies

as solution

~

Rambo
Bruce Lee
Travis Bickle
the carnage of Middle Earth

own up - 
anyone
really
want
to
be
Macgyver ?

from bbc.co.uk