to become a man
the good thing about being young
is that you don’t take
as much damage from falling
ten is a fantastic age
for falling
and for getting into
fights
with other kids
It usually all ends with
a handshake and a
tightened friendship
Unless adults get in the way. It all goes
down when adults get in the way.
Childhood itself goes to
hell when adults get in the way
He feels the
scar on the back of his head
aching every time he thinks of this
of the day father had him
fight another ten year old
He didn’t want to
so father pushed him from the back
and called him a pussy
And then father called him
a pathetic piece of crap after he lost
the fight
Father was a gambler. He bet the other kid’s
father that he’ll win the fight
But he lost miserably and
got a big, long scar on the back of his
head from it
along with the lifelong title of ‘Weak Shit’
He became known
as Weak Shit around the household
and the neighborhood
there was no ditching that title
It stuck to him
like a bad smell, a permanent reminder
of the loss he caused his father
Unforgivable
But the title and all the mocking that
came with it had taught him
a lesson
Taught him that the transition from boy
to man can only happen
by beating one who is already a man
Now the good part in this challenge
is that there are no rules
It’s really not like a boxing match
with referee
You just gotta sneak up to the man
while he’s sleeping and
bury the claw end of the hammer into his
temple
and watch the pillow collect his blood
like a famished leech
And that’s how you become
a man
Then other men in uniforms will visit
your house
to complete the initiation into manhood
They will ask you questions
about the man you killed and you reply to
them all
and then you’re good to go
Congratulations,
you are now officially a man
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