11-15-2023, 05:44 AM
Vorarephobia
He's was a big boy
and could handle himself
quite well in a fight--
so long as it was fair.
It made his mother nervous
and his father secretly proud.
Neither imagined
their boy saw rows of teeth,
foaming fangs
and giant swatting paws
on every street,
at every bus stop,
every hot dog stand,
in every awkward shaking of hands.
He never told them.
They wouldn't have got it
and worried themselves sick.
He's was a big boy
and could handle himself
quite well in a fight--
so long as it was fair.
It made his mother nervous
and his father secretly proud.
Neither imagined
their boy saw rows of teeth,
foaming fangs
and giant swatting paws
on every street,
at every bus stop,
every hot dog stand,
in every awkward shaking of hands.
He never told them.
They wouldn't have got it
and worried themselves sick.