Arley Cox

To The Man (poem)

May 28, 2021 / Arley Cox

To The Man

(To the man in the

White Volkswagen today.....

Wanting to park beside his girlfriend at Hillcrest

You are not a God)

So

Parking behind some others

Honking your HORN

Expecting them to move

So you can park beside your girlfriend

Was

So weird

and

not

cool

Yelling at them from your

Car window

To move over while

Blocking them in

Made you look like

A Racist.....

Yup there It is

(I hope to god more people saw this)

I rolled down my window

Stared you straight in the face

So as if to say

Today’s not your day

I told my new friends

Who were parked beside us

“You aren’t in the wrong”

He’s causing the fuss

I looked back at him

As he gave me a stare

Rampant with hate

I was fully aware

Of Who

EXACTLY

I Was Dealing With

I’ve seen that before

Closer the fit

Back in the days

I was married to it

The intense stare of a man who

Is so self important he uses intimidation.....

INTIMIDATION!!!!!!

To get his own way

I stared back at him

Right through his face

That’s not the right

Move for today

As I shook my head hard

And shouted “NO”

My friend who was there

Took out her phone

Because it was looking like we might need help

She shouted to him

“MY PHONES COMING OUT”

He yelled at us

As if we would listen

“ROLL UP YOUR WINDOW!!!!”

And

“MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS”

You stared me down

Shooting daggers from your eyes

Expecting us

To shut up and hide

To scare us.............

To scare me.......

My new friends tried to back out again.......

AND....

There YOU were

STILL

BLOCKING THEM IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We assured them again

Staying put would be best

Bud In the wagon

Was on the resist

His girlfriend could see

She got out of her car

Exchanged a few words and

They Finally

Drove

Off

I’ll say it again

You

ARE NOT

A GOD

YOU DID NOT OWN THAT

LONE PARKING SPOT

YOU WERE WRONG!!!!!

If you know me at all

If the whites of my eyes

Reveal themselves

TO A MUCH LARGER SIZE

It’s GAME freakin ON!!!!!

I will stare with intent

until my eyes bleed

I WILL TAKE NOTE

Of all nuance and need

AND

I’m not keeping quiet

If you hadn’t heard yet

SILENCE IS VIOLENCE

That you can bet

And

I hope to god your girlfriend runs as far away from you as she possibly can........

because

Judging by your attitude you are a

SMALL SAD MAN

And YOU win the

Gold Medal for being

THE BIGGEST NARC

AND RACIST

IN ALLLLLLLL

OF THE LAND!!!!!!!

Psssssssst

(THATS NOT THE MEDAL MOST PEOPLE WANT!!!!!!!!!

TRUST ME

YOU DON’T WANT THAT ONE.......)

DO BETTER PLEASE

To my new friends trying to get a look at the Giant

I’m sorry you couldn’t have some peace and quiet

I’m hoping you found a bit of silence in your day