| Deprived
Childhood
Little big men pre-teen
rebels
Playing virtual reality star-warrior games
Wooden salutes bent on destruction
Roughneck peg leg slivers removed
Boy toys hawk-eyed falconry prey
Pointed wings exacting swift revenge
Claw hammers adapted for seizure
Striking terror in faint-hearted innocence
Twisted tiercels coiled atop pedestal
Pampering mothers favorite son candidates
Awakened before sunrise dawning revelations
Veiled niqab avoiding almond-lashed contact
Peregrine hope chest chaste virgins
Anticipating marital not martial arts
Eyas feathering nest egg reserve
Parturition bearing overripe womb fruit
Clenched right hand noshing mouthfuls
Treachery stuffed down parched throats
Unflinching faith gagging free speech
Force fed smoldering firebrand passion
Soldiers of misfortune thorny crowns
Spineless hatemongers prickly heat rash
Strung out worry beads dripping
Salty petrified teardrops bloody sweat
We grow small justifying Greatness
Bored lives bargaining sold-out anima
Iffy future far from certain
Children deserve kismet butterfly kiss |