freakshow

being sent away is one thing.

being sent to a 'boarding school' that's actually a school for the insane and special Is another.

insight:
I decide to sit, spotting and empty two chaired chess table I approach and sit before staring blankly at the untouched chess game in front of me. Without warning a small, chubby cheeked boy sits himself in the empty chair at the other side of my table.
Without saying a word he moves a chess piece. I look up at the boy with a questioning gaze. "would you like to play a game with me?" is all he says before looking at the board silently.
I stare at him for a few more seconds before realising what he had asked, I look down at the board before moving one of my own game pieces. We continue to play for what feels like forever, him always staying one step ahead of me somehow. Eventually after a game full of silence I hear the words i had hoped to say "checkmate".