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First punch.
Foot crunch.
Hand hit.
Mouth spit.
Eye swells.
Can’t see.
Please,
Please,
Let him be.
Rips his homework.
Steals his money.
Grabs his lunch.
Thinks it’s funny. He won’t tell, he swears he won’t.
Please don’t do that. I said “Don’t!”
Sticks and stones may break my bones …
Sissy
Prissy
Four-eyes
Geek
Fatso
Schizo
Nerdy
Freak
… But names can really hurt.
Through the doors.
Up the stairs.
Face is bloody.
No one cares.

In the washroom.
Clean up the mess.
He’ll be safe
Until … recess.

original poem by: Katie Menzies
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