"Anne's Game"

(S)      Sexual Themes

(V)      Violence

Anne's Game

On one such family gathering, when I was about  6,  and Mel was about  12,

Mel's mother Anne said to me,

"Let's go play a game with Mel."

I didn't like her,

but as a  6  year old, I had limited options., so I had to go with her.

I didn't know what she was going to do.

But, when she cut Mel's penis with a razor blade, in front of me,

I recoiled emotionally, but not sure if I recoiled physically, 

because I might have frozen to the spot where I was.

She knew what she was doing.

She was a master manipulator.

Now I understand what she was trying to achieve.

She was ensuring that Mel associated me, 

with the cruelty done to his most sensitive body part.

I had no part in it.

I loved Mel then, as I do now.

And I am against cruelty.

test (c) Katherine Stuart 2016