the first slap

we're all on the clock,

some

sort of

hourglass that has been turned

over

since day one,

the day

the doctor

slapped your bottom

and handed

you to your mom.

is this

a good start to your

life?

to be hit and punished

before it even

begins.

like a horse 

cracked with a whip

at the start

of race,

it's on.