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Whisper Tom McAvoy You want to know my name? It’s not what it used to be.

That one no longer has meaning. You are not who you claimed to be, and I’m not who I thought I was. You want to know my name? It’s not the one Mother gave me. That was a falsehood based on a dream. She loved me as she lived the lie, but she could not face me as I faced the truth. You want to know my name? It’s not the number you gave me. I’m not your test subject any longer. I learned more than you wished me to know, and I can never forgive or forget. You want to know my name? I was never the son of my father, but the offspring of silence and fear.

I am the Whisper of Death, and you shall hear no more.

Tom McAvoy teaches Social Studies and coach the Academic Team at Tazewell High School.

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