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Just Gerald
It’s been
gnawing at him a long time-- chewing his gut and making his bones feel like
somebody’s grating them with sandpaper. Gerald read the yellowed newspaper
clipping, looking at the picture of his dark face with eyes wild as a
panther’s. The camera captured his wildness and scandalized him on page one.
What about the white boy? He had a
dick too. In fact it was his dick down Gerald’s throat. But he was rich. It was
Gerald who was sentenced to that long prison term in 1959 for “unnatural acts.”
Gerald picked up yesterday’s fresh paper
and read the announcement in Weddings & Anniversaries: “Bud and Cassie McMillan to Celebrate 50 Years of Wedded Bliss
Tomorrow” In the picture, Bud looked like Colonel Sanders. In 1959 Bud was
Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and James Dean all rolled into one. Gerald
remembered being mistook for Sidney Poitier frequently back in those days. He
scratched at the patch of hair next to his left ear and grunted.
Gerald oiled his pistol and loaded
two bullets. “Wedded bliss tomorrow, funerals next week,” he said to himself as
he lay the gun on his bible which held his will.
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