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Banned!

For life!

That’s what Mrs Davenport said

when she caught me

reading the comic

at the back of her shop on Friday

and I only had two pages left to finish.

I still don’t know

if Spiderman survived

or if the Green Goblin’s

superhero insecticide was fatal!

All week

I’d been careful to read only ten pages

each afternoon

hidden behind the shelves

until the suspense sucked me in

and I forgot where I was

and that’s when

Mrs Davenport (the Grey Goblin!)

swooped

grabbing the comic

except

I held on tight

and the paper ripped.

I don’t know who was the most surprised

but

Mrs Davenport

said a few words

popular with truck drivers and drunks

before pointing to the door

and sentencing me to

life imprisonment,

no,

life exprisonment.

And where will I go when Dad

flicks a dollar my way

and asks me to buy him a newspaper?