Bedtime Story

He watches from the porch

As she rams the BMW

Paid for by her lawyer father

Into his shitty Dihatsu

Screaming: "You fucker!"

Over and over again

While the child hides inside

Asking: "Has mummy gone nuttso again?"

What does he say?

She does her damage and drives away

He inspects the carnage,

Decides its acceptable

And goes inside for a beer

Wishing this headache would end

Knowing that it wont ever

It will grow like a tumour

Sucking the best years from him

But there is always the boy

Can he guarantee his future?

Quarantine him from madness?

He wishes he could sleep forever

But the child calls to him

From his darkened bedroom

"Dad, is Mommy going to be alright?"

"Forget that mad bitch,"

He wants to say but doesn't

Instead lies next to his son

And reads a bedtime story

He wishes to God were true

© shaun patrick green 2012