The only witness to his birth was a blackbird that mimicked his assault on language. Didn’t fit in at school kept to himself never tried it on girls at the port racks. Hated maths. Substituted a poem for an English essay on freedom. Lacked perspective. Was often late for class; stabbed a boy in the hand with his pencil to prove he wasn’t a ghost.
Was locked in a cupboard for hours like (you).
Copped a saucepan in the throat at the front. Put his fist through a hole where a man’s jaw had been once. Drilled Private Tolkien a neat hole near Passchendale.
Drafted notes on a new mythology.
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