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"Seven years," Morgan said "She tossed ood onhabits I don&039;t really take care of myself"

Was this it? Was this how adults talked to one another? It had been a long tian said, "I&039;ve been after you to have dinner with ht?"

She scrunched her face, tapped her face with a thin finger "I don&039;t think so, Jay I like you Really But I don&039;t think you&039;d be good for ht, and I don&039;t think a week of sit-ups is going to change you I think we better try being friends for a while"

"I understand" He felt a sulk co on and didn&039;t try to stop it

"But listen, Ion"

"Uh-huh"

"I want you to talk to the dean," she said "The more of us who protest the better Whittaker needs to know the faculty won&039;t sit still for every bullshit scheme the administration tries to put over"

"Uh-huh"

"Are you even paying attention to me? This is important"

"If you say so"

"Daet where I a to be a professor at so to find out about this Ellis kid, and I&039;ll do it alone if I have to" She slid out of the booth, dropped a twenty on the table "That should cover my part of lunch"

She didn&039;t quite storm out, but she didn&039;t look back

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I don&039;t want to see any an said "You understand?"

"Yes" Lancaster looked sheepish

"No rats, no mice, no hamsters, no kind of furry animals at all, okay? I don&039;t want to read anyat all You get ulped "Yes, sir"

"I don&039;t even want to see little animals symbolize themselves I don&039;t want to even see a person in your poe fuzzy bedroo animal-like at all"

Lancaster went red at the ears He couldn&039;t look at the rest of the class, head down

Morgan had to coot stuck in a rut and it just got worse and worse until soave them a slap "I hope I&039;ve been clear"

Lancaster nodded

"I want to read a poe tractors or buying baseball cards on eBay or chewing tobacco or anything you da, didn&039;t budge He&039;d been thoroughly squashed

"Okay" Morgan shuffled his stack of papers to the last poean had been dreading this He looked at his watch Maybe he could claim they were out of tiood Still fifteen e ahead

"Sherman, read us your poean wondered for a second if Ellis was actually about to leave, run out of the class instead of read his poeoing anywhere He had a fierce look in his eyes, chest puffed out

Ellis waved his fist in the air, slapped his chest with the other hand "Okay, y&039;all, this is Sheronna need some help with this one Everybody say YEAH!"

Everybody froze The students looked at Morgan

Then the poe it real with my homies and my ladies,

nobody can touch my crew because all theot no class,

twitching on the crack bust a cap inhis desk with the rhyth fro and shaken and frying up some bacon,

but if they think they know Sherman E then they sadly mistaken

Gonna POP that COP

Cocksucker motherfucker never make me STOP

Bleed the bitch out now shout now shout

At this point Ellis grabbed his own balls, hopped up and down

On your knees on your knees, show you what it&039;s &039;bout

I&039;ll pull you a stunt, smoke my blunt Sherman E don&039;t

Take shit froan, waited for coan went pale, his lips squeezed tight and bloodred like wet paint

Belinda paled, hugged herself in her seat

Terrible Morgan shook his head What the hell aed at his collar "Well" He looked at his copy of the poem, made useless scratches with his pen "Well, yes Okay then I think it&039;s very brave of Sherman to embrace certain clich¨¦s and stereotypes in an atteers of" He shook his head "Look, I don&039;t really knohat Sher open "Jesus" He barked a hard laugh "I an shuffled the stack of poems, stood slowly He turned, walked out the door The students waited a minute, looked at one another, but their professor didn&039;t coan&039;s porch She was there s coyly when he arrived hoht you&039;d call me," Ginny said That&039;s hoas supposed to work She cast her spell, and the poet wouldn&039;t be able to live without her But he hadn&039;t called

"I didn&039;t think you wanted me to" He unlocked the front door, and she followed his," she said

"I didn&039;tdumb" She put her hand on his hip Tentative This would be the test If he shrugged her off, then she was barking up the wrong tree "Can we go in the bedroom?"

"Sure"

Gotcha

He stood stiffly, let her unzip hiled out of her too tight jeans, white breasts spilling over a red lace bra She peeled off thong panties They moved to the bed and didn&039;t talk

When she was on top of hian tilted his head back into the pillow, closed his eyes Ginny ground into hian never helped her writing career, she still liked this part Liked it a lot

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Harold Jenks slumped at the bar between his new classo They&039;d just started their fourth pitcher of beer

When class had ended and Morgan had walked out, Jenks had just stood there with his balls in his hand His first poeone over so well, so he&039;d really tried to sell this one, put everything into it Make it one righteous, kick-ass perfor, he&039;d found himself in a roomful of truly terrified white people

Most of the class had filed out, carefully not o had approached hirin crooked on his face

"Christ Alot soh"