“Neighbor Boy”
Rumpus contributor Conner Habib continues his Guys I Wanted To Fuck in High School series — which chronicles his frustrated coming of age in small-town Pennsylvania — with a new entry full of thresholds, rumors, and willpower.
“This isn’t just about desire. At the end of every day of school – after the bullies, the boring classes, the terrible food, the dull conversations, the racists, the dead florescent lights, the cruel teachers – the boy has to concentrate on sex and on escape; they’re the only things that save him.”