Page 60 of Fallout (Crank 3)

that everybody noticed.

And bullies pounced.

I entered public school

late to the game, after

a couple of years

of parochial torture.

So I didn’t start third

grade with solid buddies

to back me up. When

someone picked on me,

I crumbled at first. Then,

when I got tired of it,

I learned to push back.

Being about the biggest

kid in my class helped.

But I never wanted to

fight. I wanted friends.

MAYBE CORRINE

Just wanted friends,

and that’s why she turned

into Montana. Maybe she

wanted revenge. Wonder

why her marriage sank.

Stupid question. No way

were people meant to be

monogamous. Not human

behavior. Human behavior

of the nonmonogamous

type is all around me here.

Guys smooching on girls,