The Galleon, Volume 85, 2010 Page: 76
140 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.View a full description of this periodical.
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The Preacher's Kid
Christopher Kearns
The sun shone into the Madison High
School cafeteria, reflecting off of the anti-drug
and healthy-habit posters taped to the prison-
grey walls right into the corneas of the unlucky
students sitting next to the entrance. Spitwads
flew through the air, landing indiscriminately
in people's books, lunches, and open mouths.
Daily conversation starters of "So, how's life?"
and "what's the word?" murmured throughout.
Through it all, Tony Calhoun walked to his chair
at the far corner of the cafeteria and sat down his
lunch tray, at least ten chairs away from any given
person.
There, he removed the tin foil wrapped
around the cafeteria's daily offering. Tony studied
the white slices of meat for a minute, picked up his
fork, stabbed the top slice, and took a bite. After
four seconds of chewing Tony paused, grabbed
a napkin, put it to his mouth, and spat out the
remnants of what he had chewed. Afterwards, he
neatly folded the napkin, got up, threw away the
napkin, and grabbed a handful of mustard packets
from the condiment stand before returning to his
seat.
When Tony got back he emptied all of the76
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