| CAST |
anthony (11) and troy |
| SETTING |
walking to school |
| SCENE |
anthony and i are on our ritual walk to his elementary school. this conversation is just the smallest of samplings of the sort of things that get talked about between my fifth grader and i on these walks. |
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ANTHONY
i know a fact about every state.
TROY
really?
ANTHONY
yeah. ask me. pick a state.
TROY
montana.
ANTHONY
montana. my mom hates montana in the winter.
TROY
ha. i guess that is true. very nice.
ANTHONY
pick another one.
TROY
pennsylvania.
ANTHONY
my mom hates pennsylvania in the winter.
TROY
oh. i see how this goes. how about florida?
ANTHONY
my mom hates florida in winter.
TROY
what? nobody hates florida in winter. that's why everyone goes there.
ANTHONY
but at night it gets below 80 which means my mom will be cold which means she hates florida in the winter.
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| NOTE |
no one will say that boy does not know his mother. |
Published
October 12, 2017
