Mumble Bunny stumbles
and falls
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underneath this stairwell
Mumble Bunny sits glum
muscles develop sores
and start to ache from pain
beginning to get up
he feels nauseous and sick
left all alone at home
he knows he cannot cry
even if his mother
were home she would just laugh
But his father would hit
his sadistic young bride
under the false belief
she would change for the best
nobody knows whether
she were wicked before
noticeable changes
in her demeanor took
years off her appearance
they say she ages quick
Sinister forces leave
Mumble Bunny alone
to fend for his own life
while his parents relax
under the canopy
of a huge umbrella
maybe they forget how
children cannot take care
beyond basic functions
of their own special needs
left alone on his own
Mumble Bunny makes do
ever the resourceful
young lad he calls the cops
swooping into action
they arrive just in time
At six Mumble Bunny
cannot know adoption
needlessly allows boys
and girls without parents
denial of services
if the child is at risk
For in this case as luck
would have it the police
as merchants of the peace
who both serve and protect
legally they could do
nothing but take the boy
limp as a wet bar towel
straight to the hospital
sentiments among men
being few they leave him
Doctors observe the child
see to his injuries
only they discharge him
after taking x-rays
wonders never cease for
Little Mumble Bunny
nobody asks questions
as to why a small boy
Tries to catch a cab home
uncertain where he lives
however the cabbie
has no other offers
even his dispatcher
tells the taxi driver
Simply to just hang tight
maybe some passengers
take a shine to the kid
or recognize the boy
and take care of the kid
or buy him some dinner
if he wants a soda
get him a root beer float
remember why childhood
gets a bad rap
trauma
causes our memories
to disappear the good
and the bad no matter
whether the harm he feels
still remains deep inside
hidden away secret
even when no one else
knows what the boy suffers
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