I am trying to be plain with you.
I want to explain a moment that was
usual but important. By which I
mean, this custom was brought to
me and is therefore significant.
Which is to say, it was shown to me
and held energy and force. We were
a fort and we ravished. I’ve got dirt
under my fingernails and dried
blood on my hands, still. I’m
telling the truth. And without
ligation we were the same.