since my last name was Fuch, he sa… believe the school yard was tough:… powder down my neck, threw gravel… with rubber bands in class, and ou… me names, well, one name mainly, o…

schoolgirls in pantyhose sitting on bus stop benches looking tired at 13 with their raspberry lipstick. it’s hot in the sun

After 3 years I made “regular.” That meant holiday pay (subs didn’t get paid for holidays) and a 40 hour week with 2 days off. The Stone was also forced to assign me as relief man to 5 ...

naked in that bright light the four horse falls and throws a 112-pound boy into the hooves

red summers and black satin charcoal and blood ringing the sheets while snails are stepped on and moths go batty

the blazing shark wants my balls as I walk through the meat section looking for salami and cheese purple housewives

R.O.T.C. kept me away from sports while the other guys practiced every day. They made the school teams, won their letters and got the girls. My days were spent mostly marching around in...

I didn’t see Lydia for a couple of days, although I did manage to phone her 6 or 7 times during that period. Then the weekend arrived. Her ex-husband, Gerald, always took the children o...

Wagner wasn’t done with us. I was standing in the yard during gym class when he walked up to me. “I’m putting you on garbage detail until further notice.” The kids had to work off their...

had her for 3 units and at mid-term she’d read off how many assignment… stories had been turned in:

I used to hold my social security… up in the air, he told me, but I was so small they couldn’t see it,