The [Un]Popular Vote

by Jasper Sanchez

Clary’s first. Her voice is pitched high and sugar-sweet over the speakers. She talks for her full five minutes and says a lot of words that don’t mean much of anything. She paints a picture of class trips to far-off places but doesn’t make any promises. It’s all rainbows and unicorns, except her horses are just coconuts clapping together, and her pride flag has a stripe just for allies.