Love The Hard Way<\/p>\n
I think that I will never see.
\nSince you beat the hell out of me.
\nMy eyes are blackened and all puffed up.
\nJust because I asked you \u201cWhat\u2019s sup?\u201d<\/p>\n
There was a time I would have won.
\nI would have fought back some.
\nBut, now I just roll with the punches.
\nDon\u2019t hit a girl is what my hunch is.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t go around breaking little girls hearts.
\nThey will get pissed and rip you apart.
\nBut, I didn\u2019t do a thing to deserve this.
\nThe rumor mill has really got me pissed.<\/p>\n
Beat up by a girl is the ultimate insult.
\nI would rather fight gators in a moat.
\nEspecially when I didn\u2019t do a thing.
\nThe rumor mill said I had a fling.<\/p>\n
It is all lies!!—– Dirty rotten lies!!
\nMy last girl tried to claw out my eyes.
\nShe probably started the rumors.
\nI should set fire to her bloomers.<\/p>\n
Women. \u2026.It should be: Whoa, men.
\nBeware!!—– Here she comes again!!
\nShe will turn you every way but loose.
\nYou will feel like you were hit by a caboose.<\/p>\n
Why should men be abused by women?
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unheard of.\u201d Said milk toast, grinning.
\n\u201cShow superiority. Scratch them with your whiskers.\u201d
\nShe would like it better if I only kissed her.<\/p>\n
Two weeks later, I could see again.
\nI knew I was different than other men.
\nShe forgave me and made love to me.
\nBut, I didn\u2019t do wrong. Can\u2019t she see?<\/p>\n
Just forget it and reap the reward.
\nLove from her is a gift not ignored.
\nMaybe it\u2019s true. Men fire on one cylinder.
\nI hope this thought isn\u2019t killing her.<\/p>\n
Our relationship is much better now.
\nWe learned to trust through this somehow.
\nA world without trust is a world of hurt.
\nUsually for me, from the one in the skirt.<\/p>\n
—————————————–R. W. Johnson—–(2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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