Comfortable Madness First PDF 4-13-18

“Some folks,” Mr. Skarey said, “find your pregnancy
distracting and a poor example for the rest of the student body.”
“Fuck the student body,” Tayla said.
“Tayla…” Mr. Skarey said.
“No,” she shot back. “People’re trying to kick my
girlfriend out of school because she’s having a baby. It’s bullshit.”
“We’d send a tutor,” Mr. Skarey said.
“What about Jessica Barber?” Tayla asked.
Mr. Skarey turned a little white. Fear maybe. Anger?
“I can’t talk about other students,” he said.
“Fuck you,” Tayla said.
“It’s okay,” I said.
“No,” Tayla said. “It’s not.”
“I’m afraid there’s nothing I can do,” Mr. Skarey said.
“You could grow a pair,” Tayla said.
“Just as well,” Mr. Skarey said. “I’ll call you with details.”
And that was that. Being gay was fine. Being fat was fine.
But being gay and fat and pregnant, that was too much for people to
bear.