I'm Not Dying with You Tonight: Parts IV–V

by Kimberly Jones, Gilly Segal
When violence breaks out at a football game, two teenage girls become unlikely allies as they attempt to make their way home.

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  1. billow
    rise and move, as in waves
    Plumes of black smoke billow out across the street, so thick it looks like a solid wall.
  2. futile
    producing no result or effect
    And then, I hear the burglar alarm yelping futilely.
  3. bale
    a large bundle bound for storage or transport
    There was a Halloween display I helped my dad create—some pumpkins and hay bales and a homemade scarecrow on a bench wearing a button-down shirt and a store apron.
  4. ransack
    search thoroughly
    They ransacked the counter, strewed papers all over, bashed open the cash register.
  5. gourd
    any of numerous large, often inedible fruits with hard rinds
    I pick up the nearest, heavy thing I can reach—a pumpkin—and heave as hard as I can. The gourd smashes against the wall, leaving a sticky orange residue behind.
  6. stem
    stop the flow of a liquid
    All I want to do is cover my eyes. So I do, pressing my fingers down hard enough to stem the tears.
  7. strew
    spread by scattering
    I walk around, looking, shuffling carefully around the nails strewn on the floor and scout around.
  8. clout
    special advantage or influence
    Behind them, some dude doing circus tricks with a shopping cart, clout -chasing. I want to laugh so freaking bad, but this ain’t the time.
  9. meme
    an amusing image that spreads rapidly through social media
    She looks crazy to me—reminds me of that meme of the little dog sitting in the burning house saying, “This is fine.”
  10. plume
    anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
    A plume of black smoke drifts through the window, sending me into a hacking fit.
  11. shambles
    a condition of great disorder
    Actually, what I really want to do is turn over the reins of this whole terrifying, shambles of a night to a grown-up.
  12. emblazon
    decorate, adorn, or inscribe with a design
    The front line stands shoulder to shoulder, holding clear shields nearly as tall as their bodies, emblazoned with the word POLICE.
  13. indistinct
    not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
    The wind shifts, blowing a cloud of smoke through and over the line of cops, turning them into indistinct silhouettes—like robot soldiers in a sci-fi movie.
  14. silhouette
    an outline of a solid object as cast by its shadow
    The wind shifts, blowing a cloud of smoke through and over the line of cops, turning them into indistinct silhouettes—like robot soldiers in a sci-fi movie.
  15. fiasco
    a complete failure or collapse
    I’m done participating in this fiasco.
  16. spree
    a brief indulgence of your impulses
    What about the guys who looted my dad’s store? What about the people on a stealing spree?
  17. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
    We’re never going to be able saunter into that parking lot, say: Excuse me, officers, if we could get in that car and be on our way.
  18. stifle
    impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
    The crowd in the car stifles me.
  19. muzzle
    prevent from speaking out
    I watch helplessly as Lena cries, blinking fast to prevent my own waterfall, muzzled by my own confusion. There are no words to say.
  20. bluster
    show off
    The guys go on laughing and blustering about what they did and didn’t do during the riot.
  21. legacy
    anything handed down by someone or something in the past
    It’s about you riskin’ the music, everything we workin’ for, our legacy, for a couple a bucks and some power tools.
  22. sheepish
    showing a sense of shame
    Black stands behind her with a look I can’t quite figure out. Mad and scared and maybe a little sheepish. Like he’s embarrassed by his friends.
  23. remnant
    a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
    "And these things”—he glances around the porch at the remnants of his store—“he said they were looting! These people—”
  24. dwindle
    become smaller or lose substance
    For the moment, we sit in silence as hours pass, and the helicopters hovering in the sky dwindle to a few, and then none.
  25. malarkey
    empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
    “How did he end up at the hospital while you came back here? I need to know the full story, Lena, ’cuz right now full of malarkey is the best description of you.”
Created on Sat May 22 14:11:38 EDT 2021 (updated Tue May 25 13:29:27 EDT 2021)

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