One side offered, believe or not: daisies. Their orange bowties and Monroe piercings
made a hundred cities in the grass.
The other side: the knowledge of grasshoppers, how to jump rope—they wore sneakers that looked like sneakers, slogan pins like Shy in the Tooth.
The battle raged. After careful thought, I arranged for both teams to break my heart.
When I told them how, we were all surprised.
