That February, before I left for good though I had not stayed for long, I decided I had to see you one last time if it killed me. I drove to your farmhouse in the waning, winter daylight, not knowing if I would make it over the weathered, ice-paved roads on bald tires on a [...]
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But I Crossed the Bagaduce
Posted in 200 words, tagged val l. on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Emma,
Posted in 200 words, tagged laura h. on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you for checking me out at the club. Thank you for wearing a tank top and baggy jeans so I knew you were a true dyke and not just a tourist. Thank you for occasionally making prolonged and suggestive eye contact with me from across the room. Thank you for pretending to be laughing [...]
Paralyzed Force of Unobtainable Desire
Posted in 200 words, tagged anna p. on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I played catch-and-release with his heavy-lidded Romanian eyes for hours while biting my lower lip and pulling my shoulders back so my breasts rose under the $4 shirt I’d just bought in Costa Rica we groped in a restroom stall the night we met and I waited for him in the crew bar the rest [...]
This One Time in Third Grade
Posted in 200 words, tagged laura h. on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I dreamt about Edith; the kind of girl that spends recess peeling glue off her hands. You know that girl. I had a dream about that girl that actually made me tingle. Thinking about my secret floral-print spandex vixen, I felt giddy and horrified. —- I stopped going to college parties. It was the men. [...]
You
Posted in 200 words, tagged katie c. on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There was a mosquito stuck in the subway car that morning. You were reading a book, leaning against the door. I stood next to you, close enough to feel the warmth from your body, close enough to wonder what would happen if I put my head on your shoulder and wrapped my arms around your [...]
