Words left unsaid

They don’t tell you about what it’s like. They tell you lots of other things.

They tell you how to do the little things. Make your bed, cut your hair, walk and stand, things like that.

They tell you how to behave. Sometimes they have to do this more than once.

They tell you how to look after your weapon, how to make sure it’s always ready.

They tell you how to load it, how to hold it, how to point it.

How to use it.

They don’t tell you. They don’t tell you. They don’t tell you what it does.

They don’t tell you what he looks like. Afterwards.

They don’t tell you how to stop seeing it.

They don’t tell you.