Warning!

The frying pan was hot, and I got

burned grabbing it the wrong way.

Knives are sharp, and carelessly

mishandling them, I’ve cut myself

time and time again. I drank too

much vodka one night with a friend

when I was fifteen, and was hungover

sick for days. I eventually sobered up

before trying that again. I found out

that the vile and nauseating results

were always the same. You’d think,

especially where pain or prison is

involved, there are some lessons we

should have learned. There are those

in life who over and over seem to get

away with making dreadful mistakes

while many a good man has suffered

and died trying. A word of advise to

those who may ignore—Beware! High

Voltage!—and piss on it anyway. That one

will get shocking results most every time.

Chris Hanch 7-29-19