WEDNESDAY CLASSIC: Snacks by Sam Lipsyte

I knew some Catholic kids from the Catholic school down the block. They called me names, but not fat names. They called me kike, Christ-killer. Finally, real friends. I sat with them on the bike rack behind their school and smoked.
-- Originally from Jane, 2001, and reprinted in Lipsyte's 2013 short story collection The Fun Parts.
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