Year 1963

You catch the bus to Clark elementary everyone stares the bus driver smiles at you a mile a minute he told you to ‘sit next to poindexter.he ain’t bother no one’ You scooted to the seat and sat at the edge He stared at you sideways so you wouldn’t notice his lazy eye

At your class your seat was also next to him He stared at you sideways still the teacher introduced you to him as Kenny “We’re working on times tables..” He mumbled