Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
8 min @ my desk, TO
I said I would be your forever friend and I meant it. But I didn’t realize you’d go bat shit crazy. — No, I don’t think I’m the culprit. Because you didn’t uphold your end of the friendship contract. — Yes I do think of it as a contract. And you reneged. You want to be a whole new person! That’s like changing terms after the fact.
Sierra… No… Absolutely not. No I will not call you Persimmon. Well for one thing it’s not your name, and second it’s a stupid name!
Well of course not if you’re an actual persimmon! And you can’t give yourself your own nickname, I told you that in fourth grade. I won’t call you SeeSee and I will never call you Persi.
Listen, Sierra, I think it’s great you’re finally clean and healthy. You look amazing. No you really do, the short hair works on you. I just don’t think you should get your hopes up about me coming to the ashram.
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