/// Two Boys Fighting (or Wrestling, or Scuffling),
had begun because feathers were ruffling.
On a card game they’d bet;
one reneged on his debt.
Claimed that aces were palmed during shuffling.

/// When a fighter gains the upper hand,
it’s more likely that punches will land.
If you straddle your foe
he has nowhere to go,
and the struggle won’t end as he planned.

/// The brunette boy appears to be winning.
(He’s been taking charge since the beginning.)
His next jab should succeed
to make ginger boy bleed
and surrender— his pummeled head spinning.

/// Such scenes take place in streets and schoolyards.
Sometimes fighters have friends act as guards.
Will the underdog win
despite hits to the chin?
In this case, it is not in the cards.

/// Neighbor promised if there was a fight,
he would help me and do what is right.
Now my plight he regards,
says “You don’t have the cards!”
He’s a bully who just values might.