Summary

"Probability." In this single stanza poem, Nick wonders about the likelihood of living in a city with a large population and running into the two people he least wants to see.

"Boy rides his bike." As Nick rides his bike home from his chat with April, he encounters the Egglestons, who bully him into turning over his bike.

"Kentucky." In this three-line poem, Nick ponders whether it would be worth moving to Kentucky to be with his mother: at least there, he thinks, he might not be bullied any more.

"Breakdown." In this dialogue poem, when he gets home, Nick is confronted by his father for not coming home right after soccer practice. As he is threatened with cancellation of the Dallas trip, Nick shouts at his father for taking away everything (including his mother) that means anything to him, that his...