as a boy my father bought me a rabbit <br />I loved it as any child would.... <br />I cared for it...worried about it... <br />protected it from dogs.... <br />the rabbit died of suffocation <br />when I was ten I found a snake <br />a beautiful shinny green snake <br />lying in the sun..... <br />I took it as a pet.....cared for it <br />protecting it from cats and dogs.... <br />the snake died of suffocation <br />at fourteen I had my first hero <br />his batting average was.307 <br />he played third base....I had his card <br />I never traded it for anyone.... <br />the bubblegum grew stale <br />my hero died in me of suffocation.... <br />the president called when I was nineteen <br />he gave me an automatic weapon <br />and ordered me to kill for God and country <br />so I did and I did it well <br />I liked my job..... <br />but the boy I was before..... <br />had died from malnutrition..... <br />I buried him next to the rabbit....... <br /> <br />2007 © Ted Sheridan<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-strangled-the-life-out-of-everything/
