What makes him tough? She asked me.
I dared not say, for she is a rounder with glee.
Seriously, she prodded. Please give me an example.
Variety of anecdotes about this thug were more than ample.
However, she is my cousin, and she always goes after the bad.
This Tom is seriously not a nice guy, a thug, a thief and a cad.
I got invited to their wedding the sixteenth of July.
It surprised me although to this day, I have no idea why.
Categories:
tough guy, women,
Form: Rhyme
I remember as a kid this one little guy
tough as nails and quick with a lie
he showed up with a shiner
but he wasn't a whiner
said he, I hit his fist with my eye
Categories:
tough guy, childhood, funny, nostalgia,
Form: Limerick
I'd like to know where you get off treating me like that ...
You're lucky I don't take to your head with my baseball bat.
You think that you're so big and tough
but I've had far worse than you.
You'd best run along home to mummy,
you've got some growing up to do.
That macho rubbish wont work with me,
I've heard it all before,
next time you raise your hand to me,
I'll kick you out the door.
If you come back and knock on my door,
you'll find it unwise to do
because now my rottweiler's fully trained in attacking images of you.
So knock on my door, if you dare
but I strongly advise body armour you wear.
Categories:
tough guy, abuse, break up,
Form: Free verse
theyer everywhere
here and there
well underthe stood
theyer in the hood
some chop would
and the reason why
is to be a
TOUGH GUY
Categories:
tough guy, adventure, growing up,
Form: Light Verse
some or tall
some or small
build like a wall
working in a bad places
them you have the faces
here's why
we call them
TOUGH GUY
Categories:
tough guy, adventure, sad,
Form: Light Verse
I wish I was a tough guy
The kind you meet in books
Made of rock hard muscle
With rugged hard man looks
A Raymond Chandler hero
Exuding macho charm
A super spy or villain
With a beauty on each arm
I’d love to be the kind of guy
That others see and fear
The bane of every coppers life
I'd look at them and sneer
I might fall for a sucker punch
Get beaten up or more, but
I’d meet them face to face
And then, I’d even up the score
Wish I could be like Marlowe
And ooze testosterone
Women falling at my feet
For my heart as cold as stone
I would stand up to the bad guys
When I’d won, I’d get the dame
They would say “who was that tough guy”
I’d say “Rupert, that’s my name”
Categories:
tough guy, funny,
Form: Rhyme
He said, “Chick-flicks I do not like.”
As they settled into place.
“I need violence, shoot-up scenes,
And at least one good car chase.”
But he promised to watch with his girlfriend
Full of embarrassment and disgrace;
Half-way through the movie
Tears streamed down his face.
“Why was he so mean to her?
And those girls sure were good friends.
I didn’t think the illness
Would consume her in the end.”
He tried to hide his sniffles,
So a cold he did pretend.
She knew he had a touched heart
Every time he squeezed her hand.
Now every one of his Friday nights
Is a movie night with her.
An emotional outpouring
Is surely to occur.
He wonders all week long
What new story might be offered.
Cuddled up on her living room couch
Is the venue they both prefer.
Categories:
tough guy, life
Form: Rhyme
His shirt had the logo
'Software' on his chest,
'Hardware', an arrow pointing
straight down to his crotch.
I thought the 'Software'
should've pointed to his head.
Somehow I didn't think
his heart could've been 'soft';
probably a doorman, bouncer maybe.
Remember Raoul Moat, body builder killer?
Perhaps I am prejudiced, with information overload,
could've been a gangster. No - just a gentle giant.
caring for his mother whom his father abandoned
when he was just a wee defenceless kid.
This world is not fair or equitable, I thought,
nothing that commands one's unquestioned faith.
Millions perish by earthquake and floods;
survivors face a fate worse than death.
Categories:
tough guy, allegory
Form: Free verse