david visiting his folks with his
two small children in tow took
them to the barn horses he’d known
all his life he patted badger’s nose
badger bit him bit off the end of
his ring finger right hand a plastic
surgeon had to sew him up cover
the stump it was most painful
at dinner the other night the digit
still in a conspicuous cast david’s
mother-in -law said the irish have
a way when things are bad of saying
well they could be worse your bite
could have been worse badger might
have bitten off your middle finger
two small children in tow took
them to the barn horses he’d known
all his life he patted badger’s nose
badger bit him bit off the end of
his ring finger right hand a plastic
surgeon had to sew him up cover
the stump it was most painful
at dinner the other night the digit
still in a conspicuous cast david’s
mother-in -law said the irish have
a way when things are bad of saying
well they could be worse your bite
could have been worse badger might
have bitten off your middle finger
