my seven‐year‐old nephew wants a gun                         

           wants to be an army or navy or air force guy

does not want to learn to read.                         

                               "let’s be knights” 

he says to his brother,                                    

                                 “we will guard                                       

                                  the princess"                    

                     meaning                

               the girl.                                   

                                 meaning,                       

                      he will wield the sword.

he loves to dance but                

                  not when anyone is watching                                         

                                                :"boys don't dance"

                                                            he says                          

                                 he wants to be like the man

who makes his mother cry