They want to see the good stuff

what was sourced at 3AM when moderation was low

and anonymous evil was untethered

WEBMs downloaded and put in a secret folder

 

It’s how the brothers gut check the new recruits

after getting them drunk and high

and making them run until they puke

doing other things their fathers wouldn’t even laugh at

 

It’s this weird test of manhood

watching people die

their final experiences fed from my laptop

to the TV by an HDMI cable

 

Tonight’s menu includes some favorites

Hi-def ISIS executions

Cartel footage set to Mexican techno

Fatal accident photography

 

But we start with something mild

cellphone footage of a building leap

the crowd below turning just as

terminal velocity is suddenly stopped

 

This new hopeful lets out a scream

and then falls in the floor sobbing

the other rushers can’t calm him

and he leaves to a chorus of laughter

 

He doesn’t show up ever again

leaving the school the next week

the lead brother is chuckling as he tells me

‘That’s how his dad died.’