Let’s take a knife
and our differences
down to the hazel wood.
Two strokes each
converts to four
stakes in the ground.
Let’s run these round
with rope to make
a ring, then step
in. Let’s box. Or let’s
kneel before a sacred
court. Either way
we’ll agree that justice
should be outsourced,
or the fight fenced
off, so our grievances
won’t grow into
feuds, battles, wars.
