Readin' Buke's "Ham on Rye"
talkin' 'bout his father
and his father's anger
rememberin' my father
and his anger
like the time my brother and I
got expelled from boarding school
for fightin' in self defense
he picked us up in his station wagon
me in the front seat
brother in the back
drove to a nearby parking lot
parked
lookin' straight ahead
he started yellin'
punctuatin' his points
by backhandin' the left side
of my jaw
(just my luck
he was a right hander)
after half an hour or so
started to feel a molar loosen
as I continued to swallow blood
sure glad my seat belt was on
without it I could have been
seriously injured
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