Love Letter, Public Shame

my locker felt like

sed to me, Chloe, from a han

al Albright, hawk-eyed and always on the pr

" she demanded, her voice

o hand over the painfu

a mask of disgust, then folded it nea

" she said, her heels cli

but a sliver of relief, too-

s wr

on her throne, deemed the letter "poetic" and "overly emot

reading it aloud, for everyone, at the

ommand, a public shaming she f

od ran

painted the letter as a "serious problem," a "symptom

only read it, but i

nt into a weapon, attempting to break me

id worldview, had no idea just how spec

pose, the one whose heartfelt words she was about to us

perfect, valedictori