Wheels spin
Laughter Laughter
“Scooters are more fun” He says
Wheels spin
Laughter Laughter
His father sits tired and old
Bourbon in hand 4 ice cubes
To cool his tongue so he wont
Yell at us to be careful when we ride
Wheels spin
Laughter Laughter
3 bikes 1 Scooter the old kind before
Razors were ever invented
With big wheels and big handles
Unsteady and rusting
“But Scooters are more fun” he says
Wheels spin one handed Balance Balance
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Down Down red red
And he is screaming
My knee red red
Wheels spin
“Rock in his leg” He says
Dads bourbon left on front steps
The ice melts Waste
And there’s blood on the road
On the steps on his shirt on his face on the grass
His hand is reaching
Inside red red
His knee red red
Out rock out
You have no business there
****** and ****** off
The rock leaves without saying
Goodbye or even Thank you
red red red red
****** ground and yet
He won’t cry
No tears only screams
Scooter broken
****** old thing
The wheels bent and spinning still
3 Bikes and a trip to the hospital
Wheels spin
Knees Bleed
14 Stitches
Laughter
Laughter