Almost-Five’s Almost Soccer
Allison introduces herself in full stage-voice and mentions that she likes rainbows. All the other children hide behind their parents. Except Nigumi. When prompted by her father “What’s your name?!” she slaps him across the face. Hard. He laughs nervously, smiling. She does not return his smile. During drills, Allison announces apropos of nothing “sometimes I get itchy” During stretches the instructor tries to get A5 to straighten his knees. He can’t. His posture looks like mine. Welcome to the family of tin-men, my first-born son. The instructor tries to “help” and A5 yelps “OW!”… Read More »Almost-Five’s Almost Soccer