If you fall
For someone
Who has problems,
Their problems
Are poised
To become
Your problems,
He learned that
The hard way.
For someone
Who has problems,
Their problems
Are poised
To become
Your problems,
He learned that
The hard way.
The Hard Way
Taylor Dibbert is author of the Peace Corps memoir “Fiesta of Sunset,” and the forthcoming poetry collection “Home Again.”