Old Face

p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p In elementary School he was/p p The guy with the/p p Old face/p p nbsp;/p p Thatrsquo;s what we/p p Called him,/p p emOld face/em/p p nbsp;/p p He was 11 or 12/p p But looked/p p About 70/p p nbsp;/p p He was a Chinese kid/p p that resembled an innocent/p p bystander in a kung span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fu" data-scaytid="1"fu/span movie who was/p p humble and industriousnbsp;but got his/p p ass kicked by the local king pin#39;s/p p boys/p p nbsp;/p p He barely spoke/p p And when he did/p p It was usually inaudible/p p nbsp;/p p He dressed like an old/p p Man, pants that looked/p p Like pajama bottoms and shoes/p p That looked like slippers/p p nbsp;/p p But in reality/p p he was not that far/p p removed from diapers/p p nbsp;/p p Wersquo;d call him old face/p p And bully him in/p p Little ways like killing him/p p In four square/p p nbsp;/p p He spoke with his eyes that/p p Said he wanted to kill us/p p With a sharp object or plant/p p A nicely executed kung span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fu" data-scaytid="3"fu/span kick/p p Into our asses/p p nbsp;/p p The years went by and/p p Now wersquo;re heading towards/p p 50 and when I looked up from/p p The bus stop the other day I/p p Saw a face/p p nbsp;/p p It was/p p Him/p p nbsp;/p p same pants that looked/p p like pajama bottoms,/p p same slippers/p p nbsp;/p p Same/p p Eyes/p p nbsp;/p p new/p p facenbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p copy; 2011 Tony Robles/p