Returning to school after summer vacation. Depending on
where you are, some schools are already back in class; in our area the big day
is right after labour day, this year September 6th.
I remember getting new clothes for school, and not wanting
to wear them. That seems strange to say, now that I’m remembering back, but
there was this thing, that when any of the guys in my class went to school
wearing new clothes, and I mean new clothes of any kind, you’d get teased. Teasing
that would go on and on all day, making remarks, poking at the person. Really,
it was closer to bullying that teasing. I mean, it seems silly & childish
now that I think of it, after all, we were in 7th or 8th
grade as I remember.
One day I was wearing something new and a lean, wiry kid,
I’ll just call him Lenny, he started picking on me and centering me out. I
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