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How My Family Earned Their Stripes

A Story as Told by My Father

By Jewell AlexandraPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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This caucasian blanket tightly fitted to my frame is just a label I cannot remove

My german heritage stitched me like a seamstress but filled me with something I statistically cannot live up to

My father’s stories

my daddy was known as whiteboy Rob

Moved from California to Troost

Never once had he seen a black man before in his life

now he is the only white boy around

the first day of school he was so terrified that he jumped the first guy he saw

a six year old boy jumped over a five foot ledge onto a 7th grader

and proceeded to attempt to fight him until the boy threw him off life a flea

when he realized how old my dad was he announced that no one should mess with him.

Stripe one

Buddy’s Richard and Paul shared a baby mama in the past

but she was smoking water so they had to pass her off as another one lost

My daddy sat on the fold out chair’s next to the grill when the rummage of falling food and a screaming woman swelled in the house.

and one thing you don’t mess with, is a man’s barbecue

Fist flying at a zombie, high on dipped cigarettes

it took 12 men to hold down her chest

and when Paul picked her up to save her and my daddy pushed him a path way

she took a chunky out of his side without a second thought

seconds later her dealer slash pimp was waiting, smiling with a glock in his hand

waving like a pageant queen

Before He even had a chance to react, paul pulled out a sawed off shotgun and put ten holes in the car

Not killing a single person

stripe two

sad poetry
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About the Creator

Jewell Alexandra

I've given up keeping anything a secret for other's sakes, for they do not care on my behalf either.

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