The [Un]Popular Vote

by Jasper Sanchez

I saw enough to know you don’t deserve to be student body president.” “Sure,” he scoffs. “What are you going to do about it?” I don’t know. I barely know why I said it. I meant it as a schoolyard jibe. I didn’t expect to have to back it up. But if there’s anything I’ve learned about masculinity, it’s that you have to show bravado even when you’ve got nothing to back it up. So I smile at him. Bare my teeth. And say, “I’m going to stop you, Henry. I’m going to make sure you lose the election.”