Chapter 51:
The Rowan Tree
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Today
is going to be
a bad day.
It's Sunday afternoon.
I just woke up.
Rowan's been awake for six hours,
gone to church,
eaten both breakfast and lunch,
sat through a sermon,
sang christian karaoke,
smiled at many people.
My mother
is the only person
I've seen so far
(and only her backside),
she was leaving my room
after shaking me awake
saying she won't be
home
tonight.
I close my eyes,
try to go back to sleep
so I don't have to
go for the stupid church picnic.
Why did I agree to it
in the heat of the moment?
So sly.
Rowan is so sly.
My text to Rowan:
I'LL BE LATE.
Her reply:
DON'T BE.
KUMAR'S GOING CUZ HE'S HELPING MY DAD
WITH THE CHICKEN RICE.
I'm not grinning
at my phone
on the train
because of this message.
I'm just stretching
my mouth muscles
because I'll have to make
meet people I don't want to see.
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