he used to laugh at
his friends when they
got hurt—
called them
girls for crying
one day
his hospitalized mother
died and
he came to school
with tear streaks
down
his
face
no one
gave him
a second glance
Kevin Gu was a participant in the 2019 GrubStreet Summer Writing Fellowship and his work has been included in Eunoia Review, Breadcrumbs, Marginal, and others.
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