Punch Through

Part Two of "The Spoils Of War" Poetic Triad

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake
— Napoleon Bonaparte, as quoted in The Military Quotation Book (2002) by James Charlton, p. 93.

‘They’ will PROJECT upon You
… the weak and insecure…
keep those rats and snakes
out of your [Precious] ‘Energy’.
Securing your Legacy
means facing Opposition,
and those born Deficient
[they will Disguise their
Envy behind a Mask of Rage
… and ‘Group’ other losers
to help break-you-down
with a Public Witch-Hunt]…
they’ll Destroy themselves
against your Walls of Silence.
‘In Your Own Lane’…
‘There Is No Competition’
… yet, they will HATE you
for ‘Shining’ and ‘Creating’
Artistic Fucking Masterpieces.
Small, talentless ‘nothings’
… ‘ordinary’ in every sense
of the term, slipper-shuffling
up to their man-caves
to ‘Pretend’ to be OUTLAWS.
You’ve ‘Earned’ the Scars
which they could not handle
… you’ve Lived and Survived
‘Events’ that would have
Destroyed them over and over
… you dumb-things-down,
not play-them-up… and, your
[Obvious] ‘Authenticity’ is all
the Chest-Beating you will Need.

Read Part 1 here;

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.