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TOUGH LOVE
- By Richard O'Connell
- Published 11/25/2005
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When her old man's around, she rants and raves
at me without let up, while the dumb bastard grins
and brays like an ass. He thinks everything's all right.
If she ignored me, he'd be in better shape
and so would she. Polite talk would cut me dead.
But she's mad as hell. She'll burn in bed.
Copyright © Richard O'Connell, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
at me without let up, while the dumb bastard grins
and brays like an ass. He thinks everything's all right.
If she ignored me, he'd be in better shape
and so would she. Polite talk would cut me dead.
But she's mad as hell. She'll burn in bed.
Copyright © Richard O'Connell, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
Richard O'Connell
Richard O'Connell lives in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. Collections of his poetry include RetroWorlds, Simulations, Voyages, and The Birght Tower, all published by the University of Salzburg Press. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The National Review, Margie, The Texas Review, Acumen, and The Formalist, among others.
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