Hard Green Tomatoes

Two boys gathered hard green tomatoes from their neighbors garden This would be ammunition against unsuspecting cars We hid behind a stone wall A brand new 1973 MG and Bam! The passenger door had a Giant dent We ran up a steep hill changed our clothes and walked calmly to the action with a football as a prop My father knew… He was looking out the bathroom window When everyone left he whacked me hard I hit the deck I was 9 Mindless of Authority Programming essential at birth Many years have passed and the boy now a man is still learning That was the only time my father showed me attention I was just broken … that’s all Still am