Fat Boys Are Not Athletes

a twelve year old boy
way too big for his bicycle
lumbers to the middle school
tissue stabbed up his nose
his mother told him he should know better
but he was tired of the leak
another straw on the camel's back
in the middle of the week
fat boys aren't athletes
they're roadblocks dressed in pads and cleats
and they get paid a lot to stay obese
fat boys are not athletes
danny said, "i'm gonna take you on after school."
"i'll turn the other cheek,"
the boy's conscience whispered like a ghoul
"i'll take your punches
and your pitchfork prods,
and i'll be the punchline
of the football squad
all because...
fat boys aren't athletes
they're roadblocks dressed in pads and cleats
and they get paid a lot to stay obese
fat boys are not athletes."
and he will feel the sting
and he will feel the sting
and he will feel the sting
fat boys aren't athletes
they're roadblocks dressed in pads and cleats
and they get paid a lot to stay obese
fat boys are not athletes