Wicked Hungry
“When I run out I’m going to have to approach Zach, as much as I hate the idea. What if he asks me for money? I’ll have to pay him. I need those vitamins, more than I’d like to admit. If I even wait an hour past pill time, things start to itch. To hurt again.
My mother finds me in bed, staring at the ceiling.
“You’re coming with us, today, Stanley,” she says.
“My knee hurts,” I say. “I need to stay in bed.”
“I don’t believe you,” she says. “What is it with teenagers and the truth?”
“They’re like... oil and water?” I ask.
“Ha,” she says. “My son is a comedian. But you’ve got to come with us. They’re talking about Ethical Eating.”
I just stare at her. What does she expect me to do, jump up and down in excitement because I get to spend an hour listening to her talk about how we are what we eat and the how it affects the planet? Why can’t a meat snack ever be just a meat snack? Why does it have to represent all that’s bad in the world—all the industrial farming and animal cruelty and destruction of the natural environment?MoreLess
My mother finds me in bed, staring at the ceiling.
“You’re coming with us, today, Stanley,” she says.
“My knee hurts,” I say. “I need to stay in bed.”
“I don’t believe you,” she says. “What is it with teenagers and the truth?”
“They’re like... oil and water?” I ask.
“Ha,” she says. “My son is a comedian. But you’ve got to come with us. They’re talking about Ethical Eating.”
I just stare at her. What does she expect me to do, jump up and down in excitement because I get to spend an hour listening to her talk about how we are what we eat and the how it affects the planet? Why can’t a meat snack ever be just a meat snack? Why does it have to represent all that’s bad in the world—all the industrial farming and animal cruelty and destruction of the natural environment?MoreLess
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