posts by unsure
Follow Suit by
Alison, looking at other women makes me sad. They all have mouths that are too big, smiles that want to swallow my face, chew me down to the stubs of my toes.
Hands, Arms by
You watched a cartoon once where Superman held out his hand like a traffic cop and stopped a handful of bullets with his palm. You live in a house with so many guns that you wear your pajamas all the time, the red S big as a train, just in case.
The first time you kissed Starlan was in the parking lot behind the high school, at 11:13 pm. There was no clock around but you knew it; it had to be.
It’s always the smallest things that lead to the big realizations, I guess. Here I pull gum out of my pocket and Starlan jumps out of his seat, eyes like floodlamps. Juicy Fruit, he says, and the next few seconds are like sitting inside of a empty church. Son of a bitch.