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the cannabis closet
the police found a body at the park yesterday.
probably a suicide. male, 18, nobody knows
the details. but it was the most scared
this town has been since somebody robbed
the burger place and stabbed the manager
in the head. unless you count the other suicides.
the school flag flew half mast until the end
of the year because another one of us committed.
i don’t know why my parents were so shocked —
this whole year, i was only surprised once,
when my health teacher said two-thirds
of high school seniors are virgins, but i think
that’s just something faculty say to try to delay
the spread of boys bringing shotguns to lunch
and calling themselves incels instead of terrorists,
but according to rumors, we almost got shot up
this year, so they might already be too late.
sometimes i think too much about this, smoke
cannabis in my closet, and saunter around the house
high and i know my parents know and laugh
with the neighbors while my friends deal drugs
underneath cafeteria tables and i tell them
they’re going to get caught, but everything
feels small as long as nobody’s got a gun.
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