Capricious by Gabrielle Prendergast

Author:Gabrielle Prendergast
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV057000, JUV039190, JUV013000
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2014-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Imprudent

KNEELING BUS

Buses kneel now, did you know?

Like supplicants

To Marika’s regal glory

Bus drivers greet her like a queen

And flirt with us both.

She seems to know

Every person we meet

Young or old

From bald babies

To gray old ladies.

I

Will

Be

M-A-Y-O-R

One

Day

Marika says.

And no one disagrees.

TALKING

How was your first day with Marika?

Dad asks

Again with the uber-parenting

He smiles as I answer

Fine

Good

Fun.

I think this will be

A great summer for you, Rah Rah

He says

Oblivious.

A job, new friends

I hear the car wash was fun.

Mmm, I say

As he wanders off

Distracted by a ringing phone.

I could follow him

And tell him

How wrong he is.

But I can’t

I’ve told Samir to forget it

He got my phone

And clothes back

And threatened Genie

To shut her up

And she has those other girls

Under her command.

No one else needs to know

No one needs my problems

Any more than I do.

I would talk

I could talk

I should talk

But I can talk

Myself

Out of talking

With anyone.

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