“Bad Doggy in the Dark,” “King Kong,” and “A Dangerous Man”
This is a game for when the nights are long
and mom needs a break. You turn out the lights
and roll newspaper into baseball bats.
You close your eyes and scream and flail.
No one can hit anyone with any force this way.
This was my father’s game. Everyone feels like a winner,
like they’ve got something to say about being bad.
King Kong
The game is King Kong. The baby is under my arm
hand wrapped around the barrel of her. No one makes
me feel …
