You can say no if you dun’ wanna do it,” he finally says, “but I was thinkin’ maybe you could teach me to read.”“Shit, Jimmy, I just gave away my reading slate to Bill.”“I know it,” he says, “but I didn’t wanna read none of that stuff anyhow.”“Then what did you want to read?”“I wanna read those poems you said you might write.”I can’t help but smile so wide my cheeks hurt.“Okay, Jimmy. I’m going to write you a poem for your birthday, and then I’m going to teach you how to read it.
-Ryan Winfield
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