Fisticuffs

He shows up on my doorstep
Shrouded in his pain
Shedding tears and wondering
At all the vicious things
He reads #metoo
He cares for two
Daily whose
Needs aren’t few
Exhausted
He turns
The gun
On
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Copyright 2017.   L. L. Shelton.