The Unknown Soldier Karega Ani
Karega and Karega Jr Photo Credit: Karega Ani
sometime between the second pregnancy test and the first ultrasound before the impact of your first step and the last breath of yesterday’s headline after your circumcision and a half inch ahead of your castration this process became your inheritance son we are not the same as them i mean the sentiment is cute and all but i’m telling you this to save you from the frustrations i’ve been faced with listen - we are not the same as them your coming of age will arrive and find you grown your education will come in a series of inexplicable traumas heartaches and high beams silences that you will find awkward... for a little while.... before the numbness kicks in... before you finally come to grips with the difference between who you are and who you have to be you will learn to disappear before they find you... someplace halfway between Elmina and Galveston over the chalk line next to the last time before the next time and the next... and the next… and 18
By Any Means Necessary