wolfblood (poem for wirrow's image)

Meek boy, weak boy, frightened little lamb, boy.


Eat him up, beat him up, wham, bam, slam, boy


Wolfpack, lashback, put him in his place now


Little mite, first fight, fast went down


 


Bloodstains, mudstains, in his little limbs, pains


Choked up, broke up, hollow-heart and numb-brains


Toughen up, button up, chin held high, child


Knuckle down, shuffle round, wolves run wild


 


Months pass, maths class, picking on their victim


Gathered round, floorbound, punched him, kicked him


Can’t breathe, gotta leave, little lamb is broken


Never known, all alone, all unspoken


 


Walk home, stalk home, slinking through the old park


Red eyes, dead eyes, spying in the dark


A wolf, boy! Run, boy! But he stops dead, see


Stand his ground, this round, finally


 


Meek boy, weak boy, shed his little lamb’s wool


Strong boy, wrong boy has his little belly full


Dead wolf, bled wolf, wear a suit of wolf hide


One of them, one of them, on the outside


One of them, one of them, on the outside