i hate you.

The words plain

But mommy said
The outburst was said
With vitriol 

I scratch
Deep into the reservoirs of my brain
For a definition
Processing

Bitterly harsh or caustic language
Stated with
No, flung with
Like mud

Hurled with
like an insult

Deep seated ill will

I HATE YOU!!!!

Even the hammy down 
Second hand
After the fact
Explanation of what was said
Packs a punch

Possessing poison
Possessed
What would possess a little boy big brother
To tell his baby girl little sister

Such a nasty
Vile 
Stop

Kids will be kids
And they say the darnedest things
Is that even a word

Hate?
Of course, but it’s so much more
or less
Lower, the worst

One of those words that jumps off the page
And assaults the reader
It slaps faces and punches eyes
Rendering them
black and blue
Swollen
Shut

Hugs
Don’t come after
I hate you

No one says
I hate you

And follows with jubilant high fives

I hate you

Full stop
Pop!

Do you even understand the depth
Of nastiness with which
Hate  
Is infested

Obviously not
Or else
Why?!? What were you thinking!?!

Look at this
my phone becomes 
Exhibit a in the courtroom case
Against hate

Before and after of black boy
Swollen face in open casket
From Chicago traveled 
to Mississippi
Where hate created whistled cat calls
out of thin air

His mother wanted the world to see
What hate
Did to her son

Exhibit B
Pregnant slave turned upside down
Tied from tree and hung
Slit
Baby thuds to the ground 
Beneath
For all the other slaves to see

An example
C
Do you know how many black girls
Are missing nationally?!? 
Almost 65 thousand! 

Hate abducts and steals 
Hate rapes
Hate kills 

I know you’re only 8 but still
You need to know the effects 
Your words have on others 

Don’t you know 
Some kids get bullied 
Go home and hurt themselves 

Hate self cuts
Hate leaves permanent scars
Hate hardens hearts 
Hate commits suicide 

Do you want that blood
on your tongue?

Were my examples too extreme?
Maybe

That’s why me and mommy try to 
Instill peace and joy

You can’t just toss hate around because you’re annoyed
Because you all struggle to share toys 

Hate ain’t nothin to play with

And we always tell you
If you ain’t got nuthin nice to say
Don’t say shhh

In this house 
We ONLY deal with love 

I hate you
Doesn’t come with hugs