By Gregg Howard
David Herrington got out of juvenile detention on a Friday after doing thirty days, having taken a vandalism rap to protect a feckless girl he thought he loved. When he went to see her, Joleen told him she was pregnant by another guy, and he went away crying.
That Saturday night at a party she was laughing as she told the story; how it wasn’t even true. None of it.
And that Sunday morning David hung himself. With a piece of green hose. From the apple tree in his grandma’s backyard. He was just seventeen with black eyes like a raven.
So predictable!
So sad; so true to life.
Powerful.
I’m glad I found this story. It is memorable.