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The Plan Comes Together<br />
We gathered in the Shack for a cigarette an hour before the<br />
sun rose. Darkness hung on the trees like dark robes. Light from the<br />
school was dim and distant. Our faces were all black and red from<br />
our smokes. No one said anything. At our feet sat bags, one of cutup<br />
porn, gay porn, men fucking men and women fucking women,<br />
one filled with jumbled dildos. We each had two tubes of super<br />
glue.<br />
Out front, the parking lot was empty. Every so often, a car<br />
pulled in and dropped the kids for zero-hour jazz band. The front<br />
door was unlocked. We finished our cigarettes and lifted our<br />
supplies and went to work.<br />
The halls were a little creepy without the noise of students<br />
going from class to class, hanging out at their lockers talking and<br />
laughing, shouting and throwing things at each other. Only every<br />
third light burned. Soft shadows lay on the walls. We walked to the<br />
cafeteria. The room was empty. Not even the food people were<br />
there yet.<br />
Moving quickly, we got to work. We glued the porn to the<br />
table tops. We taped three or four photos to a table. On the seats,<br />
we glued the dildos, sticking up like dick-shaped thorns. Whenever<br />
a noise leaked in from the hallway, we froze. Not that we thought<br />
we’d get away with it, but the rabbit part of us wouldn’t shut off.<br />
Once everything was set, we went to Queertopia and hung<br />
a banner we’d made. It read:<br />
It’s not a lifestyle. It’s an eating disorder.<br />
After that we stood in the center of the room and looked<br />
around, wondering in the glory of mischief and revenge. This<br />
would teach them to taunt us with their scriptures and fears.<br />
“The gay agenda strikes back,” I said.<br />
Tayla laughed and kissed me. No matter what happened<br />
next, for a moment, everyone would know our names.