HOLLY DAY



                                                     Daddy   

			        The guy who lives below me is always
			        banging on his ceiling, banging at my floor 
			        yelling “Turn it down!” over and over
			        almost every night. I want
			        to go downstairs and face him, explain
			        I have to play my music loud
			        ‘cause when my apartment’s quiet I can hear
			        him beating his kid. But I don’t know
			        if it’s true, I don't know
			        if the boy’s really hurt, maybe children
			        just scream and cry a lot
			        when they’re young. So I turn my t.v. up
			        and I play my music late
			        to cover up the screams of “No, Daddy! No!
			        Please don’t hit me again!”





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