Knife fight

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that new year’s eve
after catching a late movie
we had ourselves a knife fight
in the parking lot of that old diner

we somehow both managed
despite our roller skates and empty champagne bottles
to strike some deep cuts


passersby, ex lovers, mutual friends, hell
even the poor folks on that softball team
weren’t safe from our flurry of blades

at this point i can’t even really
remember how it all ended
but that’s how knife fights go, i suppose
the loser bleeding out on the cold concrete
and the winner in the back of an ambulance