Ask the girl crying in the washroom.
Ask the custodian with a twisted back.
Ask the boy with a fresh bruise.
Ask the two kids holding hands.
Ask the boy praying for his life in the stairwell.
Ask the new kid.
Ask the girl giving a blowjob in the washroom.
Ask the boy doodling dragons in class.
Ask the Principal (but only if she knows your name).
Ask the supply teacher that doesn’t know who to call for help.
Ask Gregory Doucette.
Ask the VP that doesn’t know how to say ‘no’.
Ask the attendance secretary.
Ask the kid waiting for the library to open.
Ask the teachers in the staffroom, workroom and book room.
Ask the kid that just signed out.
Ask the history teacher just diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Ask the school nurse.
Ask the young girl that wishes she were invisible.
Ask the young boy that forgot to gel his hair.
Ask the boy that forgot his lunch.
Ask the kid with Tourette’s.
Ask the mouse that only comes out at night.
Ask the boy who needs a bath.
Ask Mr. Bukowski.
Ask the school social worker.
Ask the girl that was just called a ‘slut’.
Ask the kid that changes his route everyday.
Ask the kid losing his hair.
Ask Jordan Manners.
Ask the boy that just found a knife.
Ask the girl that carved ‘fuck life’ on the back of her hand.
Ask the boy that wants to be a girl.
Ask they’ll all tell you: the hallways at school can be a terrifying place.