Flipped

by Wendelin Van Draanen

fl...

shreds

hunch

counter,

in his grip,

spurted

gearshift

draining.

lazed around,

called the sycamore a testimony to endurance. It had survived being damaged as a sapling. It had grown. Other people thought it was ugly, but I never had.

flagging.

cover-up

stomp and grind,

jabber.”

stormed

ticked off

wacko on me,

sank in

whack

weaselly.

chum it up

phony show?

twirling

snaps

uptight

fumbling

plaster

broody.

tingling,

pounding,

pulling towa...

condescending, narrow-minded

stayed put.

quaking

wickedly

humming

scrutinized

crackpot

I just had to get through it.

expense….

jolly friends

whisked

dandy?

foyer

sheepish.

doable

dried up,

tinkled

squeamish

gyroscopic