Drive-By
“The morning kindergarten starts twenty minutes before the other grades. Usually I walk Mina to school, but sometimes when Mom has the day off, she walks Mina to kindergarten. Then she comes home and talks to me for a few minutes before I leave. I like going to school early so I can hang out with my friends or work the computers.
After Mom and Mina left, I dug in the back of the closet for Jimmy’s old tennis shoes and put them on. I knew Mom wouldn’t want me to wear them. She’d say they were too... big and would ruin my feet, or I’d fall and break an ankle.
I wore them anyway.
Someone knocked on the front door.
I knew it was pesky Zev.
I dodged out the back and ran down the alley. I tried to feel what Jimmy’s feet must have felt like in the shoes. He was a good runner.
At Mountain Street School, plywood covered most of the windows. Graffiti covered the plywood. The names don’t make sense anymore. That doesn’t stop anyone from spraying on his own tag.
Lots of schools in L.A. have metal detectors.MoreLess
After Mom and Mina left, I dug in the back of the closet for Jimmy’s old tennis shoes and put them on. I knew Mom wouldn’t want me to wear them. She’d say they were too... big and would ruin my feet, or I’d fall and break an ankle.
I wore them anyway.
Someone knocked on the front door.
I knew it was pesky Zev.
I dodged out the back and ran down the alley. I tried to feel what Jimmy’s feet must have felt like in the shoes. He was a good runner.
At Mountain Street School, plywood covered most of the windows. Graffiti covered the plywood. The names don’t make sense anymore. That doesn’t stop anyone from spraying on his own tag.
Lots of schools in L.A. have metal detectors.MoreLess
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