dear cheryl,
how’d your ortho appointment go? social studies was a B- on the scale of boring, kramer said we had to write an essay about flag-burning—and i wasn’t really listening cuz it felt like one of my bra straps broke until he says torching a flag is a type of freedom of expression protected by the u.s. constitution—and sometimes people have to use more than their brains to argue for change in government policy—and it’s up to people who know the difference between right and wrong to fight against authority—and it’s sort of interesting so i sit up realizing my bra is definitely loose and i’m wondering who invented these boulder-holders—and he says there’s no physical damage caused by burning a flag if you don’t count ruining a good piece of cloth—and he’s actually ranting about why tax payers should waste good money to prosecute pyros—and i’m thinking that bras should be burned too and how i’m gonna nab an A on this essay cuz he’s got it all laid out until he says we have to write it from the opposite viewpoint—and then some numb nuts blurts out “you mean like burning President Johnson in effigy is the desperation of a deaf mute who can’t find a more intelligent way to express himself?” i’m sunk.
love, ziggy