<\/p>\n
Months later when a nervous dog tells me<\/p>\n
to back off \u00a0 – \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a denouement.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
That boy had been trying to tell me the same thing<\/p>\n
when I\u2019d asked him to join the lesson.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Those kids were laughing at him<\/p>\n
and this was my first warning<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
if he were cornered<\/p>\n
he would become violent.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Rejected by both natural parents<\/p>\n
a string of foster parents and GOM carers<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
his amygdala knew about self-preservation.<\/p>\n
His body was a 12 year old boy<\/p>\n
his brain was a cornered animal, back to the wall.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Niceties stripped down it\u2019s<\/p>\n
You or Them.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
His breathing takes over, sucking,<\/p>\n
blowing through teeth and nostrils.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The rage begins.<\/p>\n
The animal returns.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
(N.B. GOM = Guardianship Of the Minister, i.e. \u2018ward of the state\u2019.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Grrr\u2026 Months later when a nervous dog tells me to back off \u00a0 – \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a denouement. That boy had been trying to tell me the same thing when I\u2019d asked him to join the lesson. Those … Continue reading