It is 1962 somewhere in the Deep South, and a young boy must sit in the back of the bus and drink from the "Colored" water fountain. Michael drinks the brackish water and imagines how good the ₁White₂ water must taste. Thus begins a journey of self-discovery that is based on a childhood experience of co-author Michael Bandy. When the boy finally discovers that the "white water" comes from the same rusty, gritty pipe as the "colored water", he...