The boy had grown out of childhood and was now staring down the precipice of his teenage years, and there was nothing he could do stop it. His parents had already arranged to remove any and all of his old kids’ toys, repaint his room with two coats of solid white; hiding forever the baby blue of his toddler years, the mural work of his kindergarten years, and taking down all the posters of his favorite heroes, his favorite movies; knowing that soon enough, his room will either remain as solid as the newly painted white, or sport the posters of young starlets and vixens he would become fixated with.
There was only one last vestige of his childhood left: his puppy.
Of course, after 8 long years, his puppy was no longer a puppy, but in the boy’s mind, the dog had always been “his puppy,” and that simple notion, however benign, was the reason for his parents’ decision to “take action” as they concluded a few days prior to the room makeover, after watching the boy play with the dog. An adult dog wasn’t a problem for most families; the majority of them had one or two, but a boy—one that soon would officially be a teenager—that still called an older dog “his puppy” was an alarming detriment to his own smooth transition into adulthood. And no family wanted a boy who wouldn’t be able to properly grow into a man. The world of men needed proper men to be able to continue into the future or else the world would crumble, and everything would be lost. The parents loved the boy, but they also wanted him to become the man he was meant to become.
The parents weren’t without a heart, so they wouldn’t get rid of the dog, no. At least not at this point. They had come up with what they thought would be a better, less painful, even unnoticeable solution. On the day of his birthday, his official stepping into teenage, they bought him a ____________.
Upon first seeing the _____________, the boy’s eyes lit up like they had never before, at least not since he was first presented with the puppy, 8 long years ago. And so, just as the parents had predicted, the boy lost all interest on his puppy. It wasn’t immediate at first, but more and more he found himself with less and less time to play with his puppy, until he started forgetting to fill his bowl, to give him a bath, to scratch him behind the ears, to take him outside, to call him into his room at bedtime, so that his puppy could sleep by the foot of his bed. And so, a few months after getting him the _____________, he delivered his parents a sign of triumph. He erased every memory of the last 8 years by referring to his puppy with two simple words: the dog.
Everything in the world is connected by feelings and the power of memory, and so, by abandoning his puppy, he rendered the animal useless, obsolete, and so the puppy died.
Never before had death being experienced in this world.
After a lifetime of purpose, everything and everyone in the world retired and gave themselves back to the world that had created them. No one died. By manipulating the boy into serrating his connection with his puppy, the parents had altered the way of the world and created the ultimate weapon: death.
The parents were as shocked as the boy to find the dead body of the dog in the middle of the kitchen, but unlike them, who didn’t know the cause right away, the boy knew. He felt it within him. He had known the dog, he had loved the dog, share a bond with it, and now, it was clear to him that by dissolving that bond, he had brought death upon the dog, his puppy. Filled with sorrow, shame, guilt, and bleeding from a sudden wound to his heart, the boy let rage flow from the wound and accused his parent of using him to bring this, this… disease! Into their home, into his life, upon the life of his puppy.
And so, he closed his eyes and looked deep into his soul, searching for every and all of his feelings for them, and once he had gathered them, he willed himself into erasing every memory, every loving feeling; all that they had ever meant to him, and obliterated his bond with them.
As teenagers, the parents purposed had been to live life. As lovers, the parents purposed had been to love one another. As parents, their purposed had been to raise, love, and take care of their boy. With their bond with the boy broken, they no longer had a purpose and so they too, like the puppy, died.
There was only one last vestige of his childhood left: his puppy.
Of course, after 8 long years, his puppy was no longer a puppy, but in the boy’s mind, the dog had always been “his puppy,” and that simple notion, however benign, was the reason for his parents’ decision to “take action” as they concluded a few days prior to the room makeover, after watching the boy play with the dog. An adult dog wasn’t a problem for most families; the majority of them had one or two, but a boy—one that soon would officially be a teenager—that still called an older dog “his puppy” was an alarming detriment to his own smooth transition into adulthood. And no family wanted a boy who wouldn’t be able to properly grow into a man. The world of men needed proper men to be able to continue into the future or else the world would crumble, and everything would be lost. The parents loved the boy, but they also wanted him to become the man he was meant to become.
The parents weren’t without a heart, so they wouldn’t get rid of the dog, no. At least not at this point. They had come up with what they thought would be a better, less painful, even unnoticeable solution. On the day of his birthday, his official stepping into teenage, they bought him a ____________.
Upon first seeing the _____________, the boy’s eyes lit up like they had never before, at least not since he was first presented with the puppy, 8 long years ago. And so, just as the parents had predicted, the boy lost all interest on his puppy. It wasn’t immediate at first, but more and more he found himself with less and less time to play with his puppy, until he started forgetting to fill his bowl, to give him a bath, to scratch him behind the ears, to take him outside, to call him into his room at bedtime, so that his puppy could sleep by the foot of his bed. And so, a few months after getting him the _____________, he delivered his parents a sign of triumph. He erased every memory of the last 8 years by referring to his puppy with two simple words: the dog.
Everything in the world is connected by feelings and the power of memory, and so, by abandoning his puppy, he rendered the animal useless, obsolete, and so the puppy died.
Never before had death being experienced in this world.
After a lifetime of purpose, everything and everyone in the world retired and gave themselves back to the world that had created them. No one died. By manipulating the boy into serrating his connection with his puppy, the parents had altered the way of the world and created the ultimate weapon: death.
The parents were as shocked as the boy to find the dead body of the dog in the middle of the kitchen, but unlike them, who didn’t know the cause right away, the boy knew. He felt it within him. He had known the dog, he had loved the dog, share a bond with it, and now, it was clear to him that by dissolving that bond, he had brought death upon the dog, his puppy. Filled with sorrow, shame, guilt, and bleeding from a sudden wound to his heart, the boy let rage flow from the wound and accused his parent of using him to bring this, this… disease! Into their home, into his life, upon the life of his puppy.
And so, he closed his eyes and looked deep into his soul, searching for every and all of his feelings for them, and once he had gathered them, he willed himself into erasing every memory, every loving feeling; all that they had ever meant to him, and obliterated his bond with them.
As teenagers, the parents purposed had been to live life. As lovers, the parents purposed had been to love one another. As parents, their purposed had been to raise, love, and take care of their boy. With their bond with the boy broken, they no longer had a purpose and so they too, like the puppy, died.
