When her mouth got like that it meant I should get out of her away for a while.

So I went back
to my room and sat on my bed. My dad left after I was born. I don’t have a picture of him in
my head. Just the picture on my Bookshelf next to my comics. My favourite is Wolverine. No
one knows how strong he is inside. He’s got a skeleton made of adamantoid. You never see it,
really, just bits and parts, except one time he got in this plane crash and he burned down to
his skeleton and I didn’t like that at al. He looks like a normal guy, but I like that he’s
stronger than he looks, way stronger, beneath his soft skin. I’m fat. Momma says the proper
term is “heavy,” But I know what it’s really called from the kids outside Mrs. Connelly’s
classroom at school. They aren’t special, these kids, but I’d trade not being fat for not being
special. I could smell the pot roast from the kitchen and it made my stomach hurt some more
thinking about not getting any because of a tin pencil case that you can see your reflection in
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