Because I Can
My adversary
Stood over me,
A countenance of
Malice and menace.
“Get up!” he challenged
And I’d try,
But he’d make me fall
Again and again
Before I could get to my feet.
“Why do you keep on
Knocking me down?”
“Because I can,”
Said my enemy.
Frustration multiplied
Each nuisance and
Every annoyance until
One foe became many,
Taking malicious turns
Cutting my legs from beneath me
Until my hatred burned
Deeply [...]
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