Do not read this book to the children…
…It’s not that kind of story
It’s hard and blunt as a kick to the balls,
We’ve got no time for allegory.
The title already tells the story.
Do you really need more spelled out?
We’ve all been on one side of the shoe or the other—
You know exactly what this is about.
If the language or violence unsettles your soul,
Just slide it back on the rack.
If rough words make you clutch your pearls,
Skip the emails and quietly put it back.
Marty’s saga needs telling,
a lesson for fools of all kinds.
We’ll print it plain in black and white:
The universe settles its fines.
So do not read it here or there.
Do not read it spring or fall.
Do not read it if you offend too easily
Hell… maybe don’t read it at all.