Billy of one hand

by

Francis Duggan

His left hand severed just below the elbow
And the nickname for him 'Billy of one hand'
And he still feels quite angry with his father
And why this should be not hard to understand.

It happened when Billy was just four years old
The day his father took him to the zoo
He wandered towards a cage his dad not looking
And an angry tiger bit his hand in two.

But Billy will put no blame on the tiger
A tiger just wild animal he say
And for what happened to me I must blame my father
I see my hand and hate him every day.

I watched him as a young boy beat my mother
'Thanks be to god from us he went away'
I can't remember any good about him
And only darkest memories of him stay.

He left my mum to live with his new lover
To cheat and domineer to him seemed fair
Ten years or maybe more since I've last seen him
And where he live I do not know or care.

'Billy of one hand' his given nickname
And the worst day of his life was at the zoo
He strayed off whilst his father was'nt looking
And an angry tiger bit his hand in two.

NEXT?
Why don't you look at Death
by: Ashley Tennyson Lowery
from: Wilson, NC, US

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