we usually go to outback and i get fries
but i decided i just wanted to go to mcdonalds
my own dad isnt there to celebrate my birthday
and hes usually gone to work anyway because he has a condo in atlanta so he can work late
(my dad eventaully showed up)
and i got so fucking pissed off
that i was being completely left behind
and i blew out the candles without him there
and eventually he came out
being completely forgotten
when I was crying my mom said
and i was later on the couch upstairs
honey, i need to tell you something
she then told me allen had been shot
but i didnt know what happened
i thought it was a hunting accident
shot in the stomach or something
i dont think she knew what had happened either
but i still knew that he could be alive
and that some asshole had just shot him
i also was really sad at this pont
because i felt so fucking terrible for being mad at my dad
ill have you know at this point
the closest thing that had ever died
and we had to put her down
but i knew it was what we had to do
and she was happy when she left
though it may not have seemed like it
at the fact of not knowing what will happen
and I just kinda stood there
and then my mom walked through the door
we have more news on allen
because she doesnt like to see me so sad
and she knew what had happened
we found out where allen was shot
or something along those lines
and i hit the side of my head
and cried realizing how severe it was
and i started to feel dizzy
knowing that he is probably dead or going to die
I felt like it was some punk ass kid
or some shit that wasnt happened
but I sat down really slowly
and everything i was seeing turned black
and i just kinda lied down in the shower
and my mom got in the shower
with her clothes on and held me
and i dont know if youve ever felt the feeling
but it feels like your whole body is numb
and i started breathing really hard
and i just went to sleep i think
but I woke up the next day
and literally dry from crying so much
and I think I went to my girlfriends house or something
but i was in the same neighborhood that allen lived in
and eventually i left whatever i was doing
and went to the community pool
I'm gonna tell you exactly what happened
and whenever you want me to stop, say stop
where allen had been flown in by helicopter because before he shot himself
he told two girls to meet him there
and they saw him and called the helicopter
so he was in the hospital
and supposedly he didnt look like the allen i knew
because they had to shave his head
and his favorite tv show was squidbillies
and even though allen couldnt see it or probably hear it
squidbillies was playing in the room
and my dad said he squeezed allens hand
he could have sworn he felt a light squeeze back
later that night he was pronounced dead
we were literally driving on every backroad
anything to make the car ride longer
and i was hearing the story
and my dad, you could tell he had been crying
but you could tell he had cried
thought that allen would want me to be a pallbearer
and at this i was honored
because i lost one of my bestfriends
we went to the funeral home
and there were all of his friends there
i didnt expect to cry anymore
because of the previous two days
and got to the last row of the line
where you are actually in the sancturay type area
his brother was in a side room. somewhere, we saw him later
but i think i just started crying so much more there
there were pictures of him wakeboarding
and even throwin a footbal, though he sucked at sports
but it was all so beautiful
like it shouldnt have happened
and it isnt right or fair or anything
and i just walked the long walk to his mom and dad, crying
and not knowing what to say
and i just hugged his mom and cried some more
i think two days later it was the funeral
and i have never been to a funeral
at least one for someone i really cared about
i know that sounds terrible
and we had to meet in this side room of the church
he used his grandfahters gun
a grandfather going to his grandchilds funeral
how fucked up is that in the cycle
and i met more of allens friends
and some from his highschool
my eyes hurt from crying so much
and i was just ready to forget it happened and wake up
though of course it was real
and we lined up in front of the family
there were about 12 of us
because a few of the other pallbearers were crying
the sermon was about how allen wasnt going to
and this is why i dont believe in christianity.
is that if you kill yourself youre going straight to hell
but they were saying that allen was saved
because he had been baptised
you can be baptised as a baby
and that is where they put water on you
and you dont even know whats happening because youre a baby
and thats supposed to prevent you from going to hell
i cant believe anything like that
and some shitty church band played
like it was if they didnt rehearse
becaause they were playing for allen baker womble
who killed himself because he was sad
the pallbearers and family left first
and we lined up outside of the ext
and i ithink i was the onlyone who wasnt crying
its not bad not to cry there
and i hugged his grandma and shook his grandfathers hand
and the entire room was silet
except fro his mom crying hysterically
and thats what i remember the most i think
and his room has been kept exactly as it had been the day he died
i mean, everythings picked up
and his mom bought a new fucking parakeet
and thats just so fucking sad to me
because she misses him that much
that she wants his room that he was once in to have the parakeet
i eventually ended up getting the tattoo that his brother got
as well as five other friends
and another friend who got something different
and it kinda made it not hurt as much
but it still is so fucking sad
and i punched a hole in the wall
because i had been allens age
there are so many shitty people
so i had to get a therapist