Purple Daze

Purple Daze Read Free

Book: Purple Daze Read Free
Author: Sherry Shahan
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bandit.
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    She’s upside down,
walking on her hands,
laughing like crazy.
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    I’ve seen them do this before
when the rubber breaks.
God knows why?
Bet she couldn’t get pregnant
if she tried.

Ziggy
    Feet in the air,
underpants up my crack,
boobs bouncing,
    Â 
    fat-tub-of-lard-upside-down.
    Â 
    If I got pregnant,
I wouldn’t care
what anyone said.
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    If I got pregnant, Mickey and I
would spend the rest of our lives
loving our baby.
    Â 
    If...

Phil
    Mick has no class,
treats Ziggy like trash.
    Â 
    I don’t know why she
puts (out) up with it (him).

Suggestion Box Room 206
    Can you open your room during lunch period, so we have a decent place to sit? (Not enough tables and chairs in the cafeteria.) I’d make sure no one put stinky food in your wastebasket or otherwise messed up the opportunity.
    Â 
    (Thanks for not making us sign our name)
    Â 
    Your outfits are quite hep for an English teacher. But, Ms. Hawes, I think you should try nude lipstick instead of pink. I also suggest a different eye shadow. Turquoise?
    Your Fan
    Â 
    Who do you think you’re kidding with this suggestion box crap? Teachers don’t care what we think!
    No Dummy
    Â 
    I wish you’d put the Hall Pass in a discreet spot so we don’t have to raise our hand when we need to use the restroom.
    Embarrassed
    Â 
    I like it that you read to us even though we’re in high school. Okay so that’s not a suggestion, but I thought you should know.
    The Listener
    Â 
    I’d like to suggest that next semester you don’t seat us by alphabetical order. I’m tired of the same “D” looking over my shoulder.
    Serious Student
    Â 
    I’d like to petition that the bells ring closer together. Either that or blow up this dump.
    Â 
    Bored-to-Death
    Â 
    Sometimes a person is retarded due to circumstantial happenings beyond their control influence, such as missing the bus and having to pedestrian in shoes that crush obstruct their toes. If you have to mark us down (is it a school rule dictorium?) I’d appreciate the occasion to make up points. I don’t dismiss book reports if you permiss us elucidation of comics.
    Â 
    Always Late

Cheryl
    Ziggy can’t surprise me, not
since second grade when she
beat up Michael Alan for calling
her Porky Pig.
    Â 
    The next day she let him touch her
scabby knee, and he shared graham
crackers and milk with her.

Selective Service System Order To Report For Induction
    IF YOU HAVE HAD PREVIOUS MILITARY SERVICE, OR ARE NOW A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OR A RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES, BRING EVIDENCE WITH YOU. IF YOU WEAR GLASSES, BRING THEM. IF MARRIED, BRING PROOF OF YOUR MARRIAGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION WHICH, IN YOUR OPINION, MAY DISQUALIFY YOU FOR SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES, BRING A PHYSICIAN’S CERTIFICATE DESCRIBING THAT CONDITION, IF NOT ALREADY FURNISHED TO YOUR LOCAL BOARD.

Nancy
    Phil got his draft notice.
I haven’t told anyone.
    Â 
    MARINES
    Â 
    I tried to read it slowly,
but the words came all at once:
    Â 
    You are hereby ordered for induction into the
Armed Forces of the United States, and to report...
    Â 
    He took me to House of Pancakes.
I couldn’t eat my Dutch Baby,
sobbing into his Union 76 shirt,
PHIL stitched over the pocket.
    Â 
    He smoked, drank black coffee
while I filled out a job application.

Phil
    Man, those sneaky VC
fight dirty in Nam,
making a mockery
of U.S. democracy.
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    I’ll be a proud to be among the few,
no better friend, no worse enemy,
first to fight, a gung-ho grunt
in the Marine Corps.

Cheryl
    A Bekins van backs up next door as
I drag the sprinkler to a brown spot.
    Â 
    I’m guessing my mom told the creep’s wife
what happened—and she booted the sex pervert.
I’m hoping she told him he’ll never see his daughters
again, when
    Â 
    two mattresses are loaded into the van.
Twin headboards. Boxes, taped

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