Section J There you are, sweet sixteen and so in love with this no-good boy who just wants to get laid, by you, which you find inordinately flattering. Are you ready? he asks. Already he is unzipping your pants. We both know you’re not. All you have to do is say No....
Section C Your bedroom is attached to the kitchen by a hollow core door. You see the pile of dirty dishes in the sink and choose to leave them there another hour, another night. In your room, you undress and look at yourself in the mirror and then immediately wish you...
Section N The girls’ bedroom door is still closed, but this time, instead of listening and leaving, you turn the handle. The room is dark and heavy with sleep. Three beds, three girls, three silken pairs of eyelids to be kissed. You stand beside their beds and think:...
Subsection 2 This is the space for what-could-have-been. Some call it dreaming, but you and I know better. Dreaming is what you do without trying, and this, my girl, is full of effort. You are sitting beside your true love on the sofa, a fire in the fireplace you...
Section G There you are. You’ve just told your first love about the baby because it’s the right thing to do and because at this point in time you’re in love with him and you want him to share in this thing you’ve made together. In your hands is a perfect starfish....
