Concannon, Mary Ellen

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8 MANUSCRIPTSi've seen grayMary Ellen Concannonthe moment before morningand after nightthe second before deathand after lifethe fusion of black and whitethe balance of wrong and wrongJiving with knowledge of deathknowing ideals are never reachedTOMJohn GregorySliding into his seat, Tom Miller felt he would have to reachas high as he could just in order to touch the desk-top. "Well,"he thought, "no matter-I'll grow into it by Christmas; I did last year,and the year before." He was somewhat short for a fourth grader,because he was a year younger than any of his classmates; Tom'sparents had had him skip the second grade. He did not do as well inthe third grade as he had in the first, although both he and hisparents knew that he had the ability to compete favorably with childrena year older than he (his kindly first grade teacher had let it slip outthat his I.Q. was 127). He had gotten only "C's" on his report cardlast year, and while no one could figure out what happened (hisparents suspected that there was a personality clash between their sonand the third grade teacher), Tom had decided that "this year wasgoing to be different.""Good morning, children. My name is Mrs. Cnurd, spelled with a'Go' and I will be your homeroom teacher for this next year. We haveonly two hours today, so we will get right down to work in thebusiness at hand: filling out the first-day forms that you see on yourdesk. Please remember to print your last name first, and do put downyour student number in the blank at the bottom. After you finishthis, you will raise your right hand, and I will give you this medicalform .... "

I\u27ve Seen Gray

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I\u27ve Seen Gray

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