GETCHO MUTHAFUCKIN ASS IN THE CAR!!!
YOU DO THIS EVERY FUCKIN MORNING!!!

A tirade
At 7:30 in the AM
It’s too early for all that

It’s quiet otherwise 
Save for the birds chirping
Overhead red eye flights 
The occasional car
Dragging its way to the office

The sun
A glowing ball of luminescent blessing
Made its appearance on the horizon 
Just mere hours ago

“I’M SICK OF THIS SHIT!”
“HOW MANY MUTHAFUCKIN TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YO STUPID ASS…”

Disgusted as I pass
I scan the neighborhood to find
The source of the commotion
All is peaceful, except for this act of violence
Audible to all
I feel attacked

A woman
Mother, grandmother, aunt
Nevermind
Honorifics reduced to
Horrific

A MAD WOMAN 
EXPLODES from the drivers side 
STOMPS and flails around the vehicle
to SNATCH

The tender arm of
A little girl
She can’t be older than 5
Hysterically she cries 
Struggling to open the car door

No wonder we’re at war
No wonder my students don’t respond
to calmly delivered directives anymore 
No wonder the kids are crazy, numb

Imagine be left to fend for self
No help
Only to be called dumb when you don’t find success
Whiplash from the belt 

I can imagine 
How that little baby felt
Hurt
Rejected 
Neglected 
Frustrated 

“But…I’m trying
I really am!”

Lost
Tossed like a doll
RAGGEDY ASS

Chucked like baggage
in the trunk

The MAD WOMAN SLAMS the door 
SHUT!

“FUCK!”
She howls

A sad display
I continue on my way
and pray

Lord
Please protect our precious girls from
Tirades
At 7:30 AM