![]() ![]() That’s the rule, ever since Marco got tetanus last year and they all thought he was going to die. The bedsheets smell like sweat and grass is it laundry day today? He’s the closest thing to an adult under the roof of Grand Avenue Elementary, and if he says it’s laundry day, then it will be.Ĭlothes on, shoes on. He sits up on his mattress and scratches crust from his eyes. But it’s been four years, and there is no mother to nudge him awake. Part of him is still waiting for the buzz of an alarm clock and the smell of toaster waffles to coax him up from sleep. Micah misses the adults most when he wakes up each morning. ![]()
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