DISPATCH Six

dispatch six, "George Stories" by Sharon Goldner, is a story about childhood and being a girl. Goldner's prose has a way of making your eyes water. Here's the first paragraph:

Siboban’s mother gives beer to the camp bus driver. His name is Mr. Edmonds. He is known for his plaid polyester pants and the cigarette he wears behind his ear. She tells him not to drink the beer until he gets home. Mr. Edmonds takes his hat off and she thinks he is tipping it the way gentlemen used to in the olden days. It is that kind of hat, too, Englishy with an Oliver Twisty brim. Mr. Edmonds is really taking it off to wipe his forehead with a towel he keeps on the dashboard. Then he wipes his face, but doesn’t wipe below his neck. Now Siboban’s mother knows that Mr. Edmonds isn’t tipping his hat to her. He is wiping his sweat off in front of her instead.

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