Leaving
Wayland
Leaving
Wayland
“I know what you did,” came a throaty voice.
charge of me. The thought made me feel good, like breathing fresh air after being cooped up
I jumped at the sound.
during winter. I don’t remember ever thinking before then that my life was hard or nothing, but
“Who said that?” I looked around and couldn’t see nobody.
that freedom sure felt wonderful.
“Who d’you expect to take care of your mama there on that mountain?”
I looked around again, and this time, I saw that the snail on the tree stump had a collar
After sleeping on the train all night, my muscles and bones was all crumpled up, so I
started to run to move them around. It couldn’t have mattered which way I ran considering I
like Wallace’s. It had red lipstick smeared on it in just the way his had on that day we found my
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