
Backward cap, shades, fave tank.
Baller shorts, protein shake, Nike Air Max.
Passenger in his own car, driving somewhere, mildly confused.“Hey… uh, where’d you say we were goin again? How come I feel so fuckin’ weird…”
“Don’t worry bro. It’s all for the best. Just relax.”
“The… fuck? Did you drug me?”
“Just relax bro…”
Compelled. Muscles relax. Muscles shift. Muscles smiles.
“Some of your old self is still hangin on. What’s your name, bro? Tell me your name.”
Greg. It was Gr – “Muscles,” he said.
The driver laughed, barked, almost. “Hahaha bro, that’s just a nickname. Not your real name. What’s your real name?”
Greg! It was – “Muscles,” he said again, thickly. A vacant, dumb grin sprouted helplessly over his mouth.
“One more time, bro… try again.”
Gr – “Muscles, Muscles, Muscles!” He said, triumphantly, and flexed a double bicep pose like a flourish.
“Well, if you say so. Dumbass.”
Muscles nodded, and laughed, a low, dumb sound. “We goin’ to gym?”
“Yup, gym.”
Muscles liked the sound of that.
One of my faves














