Reminiscent of

If you cut me
Do I not bleed?
For your sympathy
Must I plead?
Such was the refrain
of a 12-year-old
After abuses, untold
Perpetrated by his classmates
Just Tom-foolery
Not hate
A teacher was told
Boys received a stern "scold"
But, a pattern would unfold
Their behavior uncontrolled
And so was the pain
Of a 12-year-old
After abuses, untold

He hated the gym
The worst place
For picking on him
Such was the refrain
Of a 12-year-old
After abuses, untold
Knocked down
From the monkey-bars
They've taken it too far
The principal must be told
The boy consoled
But they became more bold
The boy was "trolled"
Increasing the shame
Of a 12-year-old
After abuses, untold

Reminiscent of "Jeremy"
No longer would he plead
A new game
For a 13-year-old
After abuses, untold
Borrowing from their playbook
Brutal beatings he undertook
Empathy he would withhold
As sinews tighten
And muscles grow
Incarceration, release
Blow after blow
A back-alley hero
This is the story of a guy I know
And his abuses, untold