Our Hometown of Dewbridge—Journal Entry by Mattie Mackey
Dewbridge, Mississippi, is a small southern town famous for two things: clean lawns and dirty secrets. Everybody wants to leave, but most will remain.
It’s a town that has never left behind its old-fashioned ideas and morality.
It’s a town most likely to appear on the covers of those fancy home magazines Mrs. Evans, the town’s psychic, likes to read. She keeps her readings a secret because that’s another result of Dewbridge. It shelters a dark side, the kind that harbors hate, fear, and ignorance.
Our dirty little secrets are the fuel they live by to keep the home fires burning. With a church on every corner, we’re likely to burn in hell.
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I look over the words I’ve written and sigh in frustration. We’re supposed to write about hometown love and honor in a journal to be turned in before graduation. It will be the final project of the year, which Mrs. Tolliver started for the graduating class a few years ago.
It’s stuck as an ongoing tradition that she turns into a book and displays for future classes coming in. The original plan was started as a project meant to bring us closer together and strengthen our community. Someone will have to break the news to that poor woman one day.
I wonder if she realizes it pushes more people to leave town than it does to stay.
Another loud grunt and dirty words of encouragement cut through the music playing through my earbuds.
It’s finally near the end of hay season, the season full of men on tractors for long hours, some with an endless supply of beer. Every year, I dread the summer months because for me, it means fights, drunken stupors, rumors, loud sex, and long nights.
I turn the music up to the highest volume, place my notebook on the small table next to me, and climb out of bed. Pulling off my pajama top and bottoms, I change into a pair of cutoff blue jean shorts and a red tank top before walking over to the window seat in my room.
The giant oak tree outside is my favorite part about the house and the land surrounding it. It provides me with a way to escape nights like this.
A loud thump interrupts my music. My cue to leave.
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Dear everyone,
This is Dunk.
I recently received a message from Phuwin regarding the misunderstanding over a cropped photograph of me.
The image originated from a magazine photoshoot and was subsequently edited and cropped in a manner that created an unintended impression. It was intended as a two-slide presentation featuring each of us individually.
I would like to clarify that Phuwin had no intention of cropping me out of the picture. We remain friends and colleagues. I therefore ask that no unfavourable conclusions be drawn about him or me.
Thank you for your understanding,
Dunk.
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