C. B. was a son of a
B!
Did anybody really
like him?
Most of the people
he encountered
Usually found more
reasons to strike him.
In school the kids
called him a bully.
Bully he was, and
bully he did,
Driving inordinate pleasure
Tormenting any
vulnerable kid.
His schoolyard
behavior was no better
Than his disruptive
behavior in class.
In fact, most
teachers would call him
An incorrigible pain
in the ass.
In high school he
was just as aggressive.
His reputation was
firmly upheld.
Holding a freshman's
head in the toilet
Finally got the
bully expelled.
How he earned money.
Well, that was
A real
mystery--through and through.
Not surprisingly his
motto
Was "Screw them
before they screw you."
What his girlfriend
saw in him
Was truly anybody's
guess.
Aware of his
fractious personality,
The woman married
him nevertheless.
People made bets on
how long the couple
Could last in a
stormy marriage from hell.
After the wife had
had enough,
She packed up the
kids and said farewell.
C. B. remained
estranged
From both of his
kids for the rest of his life.
Some woman out there
was very lucky
For he never found
another wife.
Money. That was all
that mattered.
People? Employees?
They were dispensable.
His dog was even
afraid of him
And sensed that he
was reprehensible.
He bought a number
of businesses.
How they lasted was
a surprise.
Frankly, most people
suspected
Secret Mexican Mafia
ties.
One day C. B.'s
lifeless body
Was found in his
driveway. The coroner said
A heart attack was
the cause;
But some suspected
foul play instead.
A gravestone reads:
"Here lies C. B.
When life was hard,
he would persist.
Survived by two
loving children,
The doting father
will be missed."
Whoever wrote that
epitaph?
You wonder: what did
he or she owe him?
The author of those
unfounded words
Obviously didn't
know him.
Oddly the deaths of
louses and scoundrels
Are so hard to
identify,
For based on
gravestones and the obits,
It seems that only
good people die.
(6-27-17) By Bob B
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