| D.C., The phrase makes me sick. That’s where I live with my brothers & sisters. My mom always tells me I should be grateful for what I have, but sometime I wish things weren’t so hard. Being the eldest of eight isn’t easy & it’s not my fault. I considerate to be our fathers’ fault because they wasted our mom & then ran off satisfied with what they got. Let me introduce myself, my full name is Kevin Scott Borden. My brothers & sisters are D., Rok, J., Nicky, (the twins) Mandy & Jamie, & Mat. Those are just what we call each other. There real first names are Howard, Brian, Alexander, (A.J), Nickolas, Amanda, Jamielee, Mathew. We all hate our names so we shortened them or changed them. My nickname is Kev or Kevy. We live in a small home in the middle of Washington D.C. thus the nickname D.C. Our mom is poor so D. & I had to drop out of school to help support her. Let’s just say working at a college library & in a clothing factory isn’t the greatest jobs in the world, but it puts supper on the table & keeps a roof over our heads. I hate my boss at the library because he follows these meaningless procedures that drive me nuts. I was sitting on the couch when D. came in. He had a bruise on his left eye, his lip was cut, & his jaw looked funny. I knew in an instant that he had been in a rumble somewhere along the way home. I didn’t say anything to him as he walked passed me to our bedroom. My mom came in a few minutes later & I knew I had to tell her about D before everyone else got home. |
