I Tried
by Trey Kirssin
I tried to shoot off
Some fireworks with
Paul near the baseball fields
Earlier, but they were duds.
We had some chips
And soda we had
Also bought, though,
So it wasn’t too bad.
We just sat and talked about nerd shit
Like girls and comics.
Paul never stops talking,
But he can still listen at the same time.
It’s weird.
We hung out at his place after
Like always. We never hang
At my place because Paul is
Like the only black kid in
The entire county and my
Dad’s weird about it.
His mom cooked dinner
And we watched a movie
With his family before I headed home.
Halfway home
I almost got hit by a truck
That flew around the corner
As I was crossing a crosswalk.
A few minutes later I was thinking
That I should’ve thrown a fucking
Rock through their window,
But right when it happened
I was just too shocked to do
Or think anything.