John Lee ClarkTHE BULLYWe boys were marching up to Rodman Hall for supper and he stopped and I bumped into him He whirled around and pointed at me and touched his lips with his middle finger and slicked it back over his head I protested He said yes you touch my butt I said me not not see you accident He said not believe you Before breakfast next morning he saw me watching Gilligan's Island He switched the channel Hey He laughed Next morning he did the same thing I said oh that better thank you He frowned and pressed the remote That interesting me like Switch switch switch Then Gilligan's Island was on again I said no no not that awful boring please other other He laughed and left Gilligan's Island on One time I was in the shower room and a rocket of water slammed into me Fire extinguisher I couldn't see anything except for a baseball cap It was his cap I laughed and said more more feel good come on His last year I was still learning the art of the white cane and sometimes got delayed tapping off course at night One night I veered off between Noyes Hall and Frechette Hall and a boy offered his arm I didn't know who until under a lamp I saw a baseball cap Inside Frechette Hall I thanked him and he smiled A few minutes later Gary Karow our houseparent came up to me and told me that the bully was so happy after helping me and maybe I should ask him next time I needed help I never did Some years later he drove down to Texas with a friend to help him pick up a pick up truck On his way back alone it was twilight and he turned off his headlights and veered left into oncoming traffic A car swerved in time Another swerved Then it was a truck that couldn't swerve and that baseball cap
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