Broken pinky   

It was a cold fall evening,

I was at my boxing gym,

I could hear punching bags getting hit,

I could see people hitting each other.

I got in the ring to shadow box,

There was a pro boxer already in the ring,

He was 6 foot three,

And he had lots of muscles.

An idea popped into my head,

I wanted to try sparing with a pro,

I tried to punch him in the stomach,

But He blocked my punch.

Instead of hitting him in the stomach,

I hit him in the elbow

I felt a sharp sting in my pinky

I thought I might have bruised my finger.

As it turned out, I broke my pinky

I realized i hurt it bad, when i couldn’t sleep that night.

I learned to always wear gloves when sparring,

… and keep your distance from pro boxers.