How old are you now
and do you know how
you survived?

The grenade I threw
never blew me away,
self
inflicted undirected
and as I suspected
a dud.

This must be Karma,
or Kismet,
do I get a prize now?

how to survive
in a hostile
environment?
bent cops on the make
hoods on the take,
for Christ and his sake
I'd better learn soon