Innocent Face

beautiful child
such an innocent face
your dreams come from
a dark dark place

you are troubled
by a dark dark vision
fraught with confusion
and indecision

beautiful innocent
free of sin
been playing in daddy’s
shed again

playing with daddy’s
heavy tools
thinking your parents
must be fools

didn’t they know
what was in store
as you carried daddy’s hatchet
out the tool shed door

you stopped the barking
but were never thanked
now that damned dog’s quiet
but you got spankec

bad dog bad dog
is all you said
as you swung the hatchet
and chopped its head

now you’re in trouble
being punished here
but not for long
on this you’re clear

you got the hammer
from the old tool shed
and mom and daddy’s
asleep in bed

draggin’ that hammer
‘cross the room you creep
while mom and daddy
remain fast asleep

now climb up quietly
so the bed don’t shake
so mom and daddy
don’t come awake

and like the voice
in your vision said
you bash in
mom and daddy’s head

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rob kistner © 2018