Positively Fourth Street

Backed up into
a corner of the barrio

me and my
buckteeth

had to fight
our way out

me and my
skinny ass

against the barrio
don't do me

any favors
I told

whoever would listen
on Calle Cuatro

756 Fourth Street
to be more exact

bloody nose
black eyes

of course I was
kicked in the nuts

by my own barrio
but I fought

my way out
no big deal

everybody
can

if a lousy poet can do it
so can you