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Feb 12, 2003 12:10



We nearly got into that damned discussion again.
My stomach was doing backflips during the entire thing, and oh, I was so fucking waiting for one of these damned Yankees to say it, oh, I was...
And he stood up and said,
"America has done some pretty bad things in its history, just as bad as any-" and he stopped for a split second, "-any country in the world."
And the air hung thick, every child in the room's eyes flickered back and forth, and I just stared straight ahead, waiting for someone to breath the word.
Time stopped for a few moments, rage filling up inside me, waiting just waiting for one fo these ignorant mother fuckers to say it, and my eyes slammed down and caught Mattie's.
He was looking at me, and he knew. It was after Levin had cleared his throat and moved on before I looked away.
Nobody had said a word.
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