Ole used to like
the He-Man
TV cartoon series
and would enact
the main character
about the house
and stairs
and sofa
with a toy sword
tucked in the back
of his shirt
then one day
I took him
to the cinema
to see
the big screen
film version
of He-Man
with loud
booming voices
and music
and the bad guys
looking gruesome
and so on
and he began to say
he needed the crapper
and so off we went
outside and along
to the men's crapper
then back again
and sat down
to watch the film
then after a while
he would say
he wanted
the crapper again
and so off we went
and back again
and so after
the fourth visit
I said
do you want
to go home?
he nodded
in his own unique way
and off we went home
him silent
and me wondering
and knowing
that he'd been scared
but not wanting
to admit to it
he feigned the need
for the crapper
not knowing I knew
but I kept
his street cred
and smiled
down at him
and never said.
Feb 7, 2014
Feb 7, 2014 at 3:34 AM UTC
Ole used to like
the He-Man
TV cartoon series
and would enact
the main character
about the house
and stairs
and sofa
with a toy sword
tucked in the back
of his shirt
then one day
I took him
to the cinema
to see
the big screen
film version
of He-Man
with loud
booming voices
and music
and the bad guys
looking gruesome
and so on
and he began to say
he needed the crapper
and so off we went
outside and along
to the men's crapper
then back again
and sat down
to watch the film
then after a while
he would say
he wanted
the crapper again
and so off we went
and back again
and so after
the fourth visit
I said
do you want
to go home?
he nodded
in his own unique way
and off we went home
him silent
and me wondering
and knowing
that he'd been scared
but not wanting
to admit to it
he feigned the need
for the crapper
not knowing I knew
but I kept
his street cred
and smiled
down at him
and never said.
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