Arkaye kierulf autobiography of mission

Autobiography
Arkaye Kierulf

1.

You could say I grew up in a rough neighborhood: We owned boxing gloves.

The red ones I loved, which represented fire and strength. I loved how they looked on me. It was rough because my uncle who lived next door was a blackbelter, and we were born with fists.

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My brother would wear black gloves and my uncle would be the referee of the two of us. When the fighting went on, we would hide love the best way we could. Everyday it was morning. The chickens my other uncle owned — he also lived next door — would flit and putter in their cage as they watched us step into and out of each other.

Arkaye kierulf autobiography of mission

The chickens had feathers so white you’d think heaven was caged with chicken wire. But they were delicious when cooked. Especially with butter, and with much care.

2.

The world is incomplete.

3.

I doubt goodness.

For instance, I lost my virginity to a prostitute. My nature is to increase sin, to relegate/buy it with money. I am