a boy must know that one day he will become a man
and so at first the boy must practice his handshake
a boy must look his fellow man in the eye, look confident and sure about himself
the firmness of the handshake determines everything, whether you are a man or just a boy
and if you are not intimidating enough to your opponent, you will be considered a child or worse a girl
so the boy must shake the hand, be confident, and tough and brave, even if he is not
it all boils down to this moment, to every moment, small challenges like this where a boy can prove that he is a man, that he is someone or something worth looking at
every second of this boy's life counts so let's go

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PoesiaAlthough I am not a boy, I wanted to display a boy being broken How he manages sadness when he is not allowed to cry from young A boy must create a shell that protects him from his own emotions But when that shell cracks It creates an intense amount...