be a good boy

we all have an image

we try

to maintain.

it started early

the first time your mother

combed your

hair, with a part on the side.

then the clothes.

the shirt tucked in.

the cow lick

pressed down.

the lunch box, the back

pack.

the warning to behave,

and learn,

be a good boy.

make friends.

and even now, it goes

on

as it did back then.