when the right villain
comes swimming along
after thunderstorms
overstay their welcome
you reach that boiling point
where sugar cracks
the gloves come flying off
miss/mr nice guy
dons Hyde’s tuxedo
starts swinging that notchless cane
to shatter a cranium or two
it becomes too easy
to apply the same solution
liberally, you start doing it
without thinking about it
swoosh-thwack the guy
who takes too long to place
his coffee order
bang-smash the driver
who cuts you off when
you’re a half-hour late for work
at least that’s how it plays
in the fertile fields of imagination
oh to let go of the evil water
you let slip in when the fabled straw
fell, when the right amount of wrong
came dog-paddling by while
you were drenched and cold
upon the muddy shore
comes swimming along
after thunderstorms
overstay their welcome
you reach that boiling point
where sugar cracks
the gloves come flying off
miss/mr nice guy
dons Hyde’s tuxedo
starts swinging that notchless cane
to shatter a cranium or two
it becomes too easy
to apply the same solution
liberally, you start doing it
without thinking about it
swoosh-thwack the guy
who takes too long to place
his coffee order
bang-smash the driver
who cuts you off when
you’re a half-hour late for work
at least that’s how it plays
in the fertile fields of imagination
oh to let go of the evil water
you let slip in when the fabled straw
fell, when the right amount of wrong
came dog-paddling by while
you were drenched and cold
upon the muddy shore
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