This Is How You Learn to Be a Man
Spring from your mother, corded, thrashing, gasping to be set free. Breathe on your own. Howl and flail, fists knotted. Clamp onto your mother’s breast, suck and suck until comfort snags you. Suck more. Grab earrings, tug hair, bite your sister’s arm. Her shoulder. Her calf. Raise your arms to be lifted, cradled. Hurl toys. Leap from the couch, collide… Read more →