And it takes life.
Because 21. I begin dancing at clubs.
Because when I am 12 during White Trophy’s WestPac deployments, my neighbor, I will identify as Black Surrogate, takes me to the San Leandro rifle range.
Because 18. I like to think I am a lesbian project.
Because I reload my own .223 shells.
Because I am in 7th grade.
Because my first Soldier of Fortune magazine, a young Muhajadeen posed with AK47.