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A Change in Status on the Facebook of Cement


by Jerry Ratch


First he wrote it in wet cement at the intersection:

“Tad Loves Kimberley,”

with a big heart around it.

He was real proud, you could see.

 

But then later on that year, the graffiti began

appearing everywhere, on all the store walls:

“Kimberley James Eats Pussy.”

(signaling a change in their status,)

 

with double and triple exclamation marks

and tagged: Tad. (to be sure.)

Next, in red letters:

“Get fucked, Tad!”

 

But now after all these years

the only thing that remains

are those initial youthful feelings

preserved in cement at the intersection:

 

“Tad Loves Kimberley,”

(with that big heart all around it.) 

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