Will Not Attend: Lively Stories Of Detachment And Isolation - Plot & Excerpts
Its sick jangly cry whipped across the frigid river and twisted its way through the mills and factories where, for a heartbeat, production of steel and aluminum seemed to halt. Outside the tiny house, a passerby might have observed distressed figures swimming in the dull yellow light behind the soiled window. They hovered around him, frightened and praying, as the broken little boy struggled to prove himself worthy of life. Some time later, far away, another child entered the world. Fleshy and full of want, it sang out, strong and greedy, as if it hoped to devour the earth itself. Those in attendance conveyed obligatory smiles and bland compliments to the exhausted mother. Yet there was an uneasiness in the room. No one dared speak of it, but these were clearly the cries of an asshole. My tenth-grade American History class was informed that we would be missing the second half of school on Tuesday to watch a threshing machine demonstration at the York Fair.
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