Tuesday 29th March 2011
WHIRL – “LEAVE”
Donald was the prettiest kid in school. And I couldn’t stand it. Not the toughest or even smartest, yet the girls seemed to revere him as some sort of genius, and the teachers the same.
His blonde hair and floppy fringe seemed to encourage an irrational hatred in me that was lost on near everyone else. I can barely remember him opening his mouth, at least not to me. There was just a look. A knowing look of someone with whom the secrets of the world had been exclusively shared. He was on the inside looking out on us all. I didn’t even know what he was on the inside of, except I wasn’t a part of it. You’re struggling growing up and getting by, and here’s this kid that has everything but a care in the world. It was enough to make you ugly with rage.
I was as ugly as he was pretty, until one day he stopped showing up to classes. His father had found him hanging in a potting shed at the back of their garden. Maybe some secrets just weren’t worth knowing?
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Whirl – “Leave”
(Photo: Stomach Aches)
