Ode To My Childhood Alter-Ego

His name was Adrion Skot

Ben Kassoy
Human Parts
Published in
2 min readSep 21, 2021

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Photo: Getty Images / Aitor Diago

Back home on my childhood bed, Mom has laid out a half dozen dance belts, tiny beige thongs I’d worn under my ballet tights, designed to support my curious and newly sentient genitals — and a name rushes into the room:

Adrion Skot

you know, the guy from my math homework, my permission slips, my pen pal letters…

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Ben Kassoy
Human Parts

Poet, writer, author of THE FUNNY THING ABOUT A PANIC ATTACK -- available now! www.benkassoy.com/books