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Gypsy

Brian Looney

    “Next child, please. Next. Child.”

    And what is this? He appears frail and fearful, trembling and uncertain. One of these hypersensitive boys you hear about. Not quite right upstairs, I understand. A little soft in the head. He shifts from foot to foot. His eyes are stubborn and evasive, molting puddles of fear.

    For where is his grin, his ice cream, his joy? He seems unduly disturbed by the attractions, which give the well-adapted child happiness. But he. He looks left to right, startles back a step, can’t decide whether to laugh or cry. His cheeks are twisted in an expression which bridges the two. He is a full head shorter than his classmates.

    The parents are to blame, of course, for raising such a runt. He should pluck up his chin, straighten his spine. That boy shames the dominant species. For if we cease to be dominant, we lose our spot in the evolutionary ladder. Either we ride them or they ride us. Animals respect strength. That’s nature.

    Anyways, the dark-eyed child(I think he has some gypsy in him) merely stares at the camel, as if somehow communing with it. An aura of sadness about him, while behind, the impatient queue elongates.

    “Next child, please.”

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