| They throttled me and threw me on the bed,
Then peeled my shirt off, yanked away my pants
And pulled my Y-fronts past my feet. No shred
Of me was covered when they’d finished. Chants
Began at once. “RED BELLY!” shouted all
The boys, again, again, again, and slapped
My stomach till it turned a pink, pink sprawl
Of pain, then turned me over and they rapped
Out smarting on my butt. Then came the fun.
The good ones, John and Ronnie, gave them paint;
Guys finger-painted me, first my right bun,
Then left. They made a candy apple taint.
..They thought I was a brilliant little drip.
They punished me for having a smart lip.
“he now must wheel about both peeled and naked” ~ Dante, Inferno, Canto XVI, line 35
“has caused us much affliction with his words” ~ Dante, Inferno, Canto XVI, line 72
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