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we will fight our country’s battles

Patrick Fealey

    his name was kaiser and he had no interest in learning. he was interested only in violence and sports and the martial arts. he was a mutant among us, had been held back twice. taller, leaner, more muscular and stupid as a can of corn that loved to sing “satisfaction.” his claim to fame was that he had won the presidential fitness award two years in a row. he did more pull-ups, more sit-ups, more push-ups, faster and better than anyone in the school, which was terrified of him, including the teachers. he beat the shit out of people whenever and wherever he felt like it. a liberal teacher, mr. anderson, said it was because kaiser was without a father, his father was in prison. so we should allow him to hurt us. i wanted to bring my gun to school for him. kaiser had been done wrong and i was going to do him worse. and i guess i did do him pretty bad when my hockey team beat his. we were both captains and he didn’t take my checks well nor my hockey stick to his shins. people didn’t do that to him. in the locker room he drop-kicked me to the back of the head and while i was unconscious he retreated into the u.s. marine corps.

    P.S. I sent this poem to Kaiser twenty-five years later. He was on facebook, had a rounded profile, belly in a dirty white t-shirt, a drunk. He said, “what the fuck is this shit? Who the fuck is this?” I told him and he said, “I don’t remember you. I’m sorry if I caused you any hurt. I had issues back then. Ha ha ha.”



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