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When the War Began
Tuesday February 12th
Today, I asked R to get a manicure. He complained for hours before accepting. Your hands are hard, I told him, your fingers rough. That’s because I…
My Second Throat
I didn’t come back from the war just because I thought you’d be waiting for me. But I did find the enemy and spat in his eye. It surprised…
Lesbian Camping Trip
On a Lesbian Camping Trip, you are usually either a Lesbian or you are invited by your mother who couldn’t find a baby-sitter, or even worse has decided to…
Getting Away
Daddy says he needs to go to the movies at night to relieve his stress, so Momma wakes us up, puts coats over our pajamas, leads us to the…
In a Name
I hate her. She stands in the galley kitchen of this tin box home, the one she’s giving me so she can live out middle age with a picket…
My Boyfriend Del
You got a eye booger, Del tells me. I can’t look at it, it’s sick. You all gooey. A goober goo-face. This he finds funny, he laughs loud, his…
Victory Garden
Moments after the plane passed, Dad called. “Did you see that big bomber?” he said. I told him that I had, that I’d even hung my head out my…
The Ballad of Busy Hands
Busy Hands Redux
At the height of his powers, Busy Hands is crowned king in each new town they perform in. When he plays the Generals five-on-one and tomahawk jams…
The Rankings
Other people came and went from our banking group, but the three of us stayed. All of us probably could have left and gotten jobs on the buy-side if…
Asbestos
In 1988, when she was twelve and I was nine, my cousin and I had our last sleepover. She was visiting the city because she needed an operation. Her…
