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Between the head and the sidewalk

When lives run like red lines

Into the gutters

Boot stomp curb job left a mess

Motherfucker smiled

Like it was the most fun he’d ever had.

Shiny blue like his skin was turning

And all I could think

Is I’m glad it’s not me.

It flashed through my head

like a real coward thought

made my guts writhe like snakes

because I realize the party has just started.

I found myself laying there

All broken jawed and bleeding

Didn’t even have time to blink

Before it went lights out