On a cliff under cuban sun
He walked aimlessly, thoughtlessly.
How thoughtless?
Let me tell you...
Seventeen and in the Army
is Not too bright.
How not bright?
Let me try to explain...
Walking on the desert basalt
he was taken surprise by an iguana.
It performed a sort of discover attack
Mainly by staying still and not doing anything
even after he finally saw it.
Shaken and challenged by this non-assault
our hero did the only sensible thing (for him)
and took off his shoe
in the scorpion infested scrubland
to use as a weapon.
He hefted it like a shot put at his non-pursuer.
Alas, the shot went wild and the iguana, unphased,
sat motionless for what it would witness next;
Newton's third Law, being a harsh master,
explained itself to the ungifted man-child
and hurled him backwards off the short cliff
over the edge
and onto the road
where we were standing
when he landed on his ass on the asphault.
Jeez.....
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