A Prom King Who's A Bully Poem by Donal Mahoney

A Prom King Who's A Bully



He's Brad and he's
captain of the football team.
He's been chosen prom king

and has a scholarship to college.
Everything's going well for him
but he doesn't like little Russell

the farm kid who transferred in.
Brad calls him Opie and says
he should wear a red plaid shirt

and black suspenders and
bounce to school every day
on a John Deere tractor.

Russell's heard enough of that.
He and his father like to hunt for squirrel.
Not easy to get all the pellets out

but a mess of squirrel barbecued
makes a banquet out of Sunday dinner.
Brad shouldn't have bothered Russell.

He's still the prom king but he won't
be able to sit on his throne that night.
Not easy to get all the pellets out.

Monday, March 27, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: bullying
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