A Thing of Beauty

A motivation for violence…

Illustration by author.

The sleek machine is a thing of beauty, it’s red body flows through his imagination. He is a teenager the first time he sees the car being driven by the boss. It’s the motivation for all that is to come.

He starts as a runner, the same as everyone. Days of casual brutality and effort, violence as normal as breathing. Turf wars are always nasty. The risk of physical pain keeps the…