AND THEN.......

AND THEN.......
by phil roberts

And so you grew up
Taking sticks and kicks
From brain-dead pricks
Until you grew big enough
To pay them back
For such was life
On the family estate

And then you walked hard streets
With your hand on your money
And your heart in your mouth
Learning to spot thieves pimps and dealers
In a glance from north to south
Until you learned to survive
By becoming wolf instead of prey
And from night to night and day to day
You learned to live that way

And then........
You think you know every trick and how to talk real quick
Tip-Toeing between the guns and blades of the deeply sick
With a smirk on your face and eyes up your arse
Now you're quite at home in this dangerous farce
And then, like a sudden kick in the family jewels
You go and fall in love!

Reviews

[Emily B]

Norman Jordan wrote

I was cool
I was hip
right down to my fingertips
and then I fell in love

I like yours, too

[anne p. murray- LadeeAn..]

And then.........The house of bricks became a house of sticks
Starting out tuff....
And then.....Love...We make lemonade out of lemons
I like it

[LA Lorena]

LOL! Love this twist at the end Phil! It has no mercy for any of us, and strikes hard and fast when it does.

[jessicamarie19]

Cute ending. I like the lines "with your hand on your money/and your heart in your mouth"

[Vanessa Rico]

"And then, like a sudden kick in the family jewels
You go and fall in love!"

Hahaha! This line was truly entertaining! I have been laughing for several minutes now! Highly enjoyable read!

[Siddhartha]

Yup. Ain't it. we spend our lifetimes trying to be quick and cunning , eking our lives in a ruthless world and when finally it seems that we have stored away all the love that could have made us weak and fragile - bang- down we fall..in love...and life - it's never the same gain. Bravo!

[ju]

oooh- yes. i like this one. makes me laugh.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

and it all comes tumbling down........oh the fall of the tough guy! Love it!