eyes

there once was this boy who didn't even know what the word gay meant. he knew he liked to be around girls. he knew that he liked to look at the backs of two football players that had desks in front of his when the entire class stood to say the pledge of allegiance. then one day one of the boys turned around and said the entire pledge staring directly at him. his eyes jumped to the flag, refusing to look at anyone or anything else.

from that day on the little boy stopped making eye contact with anyone. that one day in the seventh grade.