Fallout (Crank 3)

“Here comes the Reed High School

Marching Band, Montana. As

Ambassadors of the city of Sparks,

the band has traveled throughout

the U.S., as well as to England and

Ireland.” Montana waits for the din

of the trumpets to dim before

saying, Speaking of Ambassadors,

Hunter, here comes the Reno Rodeo

Flag Girls Drill Team, which represents

Reno Rodeo year-round at events

and drill team competitions. Each year

some one hundred girls try out for fifteen …

And so it goes for well over an hour.

Despite the frigid temps, the bundled-

up crowd is as large as I’ve ever seen it.

The most amazing thing is that young,

old, or somewhere in between, when

I say something, they actually listen to

me.

SEE, WHEN I WAS A KID

I was not what you’d call

popular. The truth is, other

kids picked on me.

Bullied

me, to the point where

I started to defend myself

before the fact. I’m not

sure why they

harassed