Gaijin Jump

By Craig Chapin. First published in April 1996.

I look nothing like Michael Jackson. Honestly.

However, one high school student at a Fifties-themed English camp thought I was a dead ringer for the King of Pop. She followed me around, sighing and giggling. To be fair, I was clean-shaven and had my hair slicked back, but…Michael Jackson? Come on! I can’t even moonwalk.