My Body is a Cage and Other Stories
“Maybe we could, like, go through the motions of dating. Even though this is kind of different.” He says. I nod. “So going on da ...
would have been more feminist to pay half or if letting him pay for it all is reparations. Perhaps the feminism that demands I p ...
After the movie, he asks if I still want to come over. I think for a second. Yes, yes I do. I want to make out with this cute bo ...
He’s quiet then, and I tell him I’m sorry. “Don’t be. I guess we’ll just talk about it.” “Talking is hard.” “Yes, but we do it a ...
and stirring brown beef and I don’t look at him.Popas I open the tomato jar - please tell me what’s wrong with you too -tap tap ...
He shakes his head, sprinkling shredded carrots over two bowls of salad. “Why did you tell the first person you told?” It was my ...
I’m not in the habit of doing that, but I do it anyway. Properly lean up and press my lips to his. It’s wet and soft and there’s ...
BIGFOOT There are three lightning bugs in her backyard thatIrene can count from her porch. It’s the first she’s seen all Spring, ...
She laughs and it sounds rusty to her own ears. “No. Frankenstein.” They decide he’ll bring all the supplies, includinghis shotg ...
“What’s our strategy?” she asks. “I’d hoped you’d come up with one. I’ve never beenin the business of monster hunting.” The soun ...
rather than awkward. Jo would grab her by the hand when Dexys Midnight Runners came on the radio and sing over the lyrics, “Come ...
“I’m so sorry, Irene.” “Yeah.” Both of their lures bob in the breeze, rocked byminiscule wave after miniscule wave. “So she’s go ...
“After all that bullshit about holy matrimony, and her doing what she did, and you not being in my life, it didn’t seem like it ...
The next morning is bright and warm and her father makes eggs and bacon for breakfast. They laugh about the sound they heard. In ...
wrinkled skin at the corner of his eyes and mouth. She wants to be able to love this man as a separate entity from the one she g ...
Later that night after they set up the deer cameras again, they’re sipping beer by the fire and he’s telling her stories from hi ...
When she opens her eyes, there is something in the trees looking at her. The firelight reflects off of eyes that are seven feet ...
REFERENCES “Arcade Fire - My Body Is a Cage.”YouTube, YouTube,30 Aug. 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJI0pTJIha0. “The A-Z ...
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