some bullies feel

Eric played the game.
he burnt down his father's
church when he was a boy -
nothing more than attention
from an inattentive man.
he fought for pain, for something
to feel.
a bully and a madman, crying
for loss _ unable to express his
conviction
any other
way.
after he graduated, he stole
his father's guns and loaded
them into his father's truck
and fled to Texas.
he was caught by the police
and raped
in jail
by three bigger bullies
and hung himself with
a belt
in his cell.