Contributor: John Laneri
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The summer after my tenth birthday was a turning point in my life. It happened on one of those warm summer nights when I realized that GI Joe represented the ultimate military man.
For two nights, Billy and I had been trying to glimpse the new girls in the house next to his. Finally, after spending the entire day studying GI Joe comics, we were ready. The girls would not escape our mission.
“Can you hear what they’re saying?” Billy asked, as he glanced over the bushes.
“I’m not sure... hand me the binoculars.”
I took them then crept to another bush, just as I had seen GI Joe do in, “Search for the Missing Platoon”.
“What do you see?” Billy asked, as he edged beside me.
“I don’t know. Everything looks black. I can't see squat.”
In the distance, I could hear voices coming from their house. Through the...
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John Laneri
