Robert Moore

huckleberry hound

for me, it all really started in kindergarten. it was the the first week at 53rd st. elementary school, and for some reason, the school nurse wanted to give us all physicals. i was only 5 or 6, but i knew this was going to be problem. i was already being teased for wearing long sleeves shirts and pants in the summer because i had bruises all over my body from a beating my father had given me with a belt. when i heard the official announcement, my body went cold. what should i do? she was conducting the physicals all week, and i wasn’t smart enough to figure a way out of mine. she was going in alphabetical order, my last name was moore, so i had time to think about what lie i could tell.