| 21. The Bonaduces - Eyes As Black As Blueberries |
|
|
All the changes that I’ve made don’t amount to much in a room so small that the corners of everything touch. A little breeze past the window; a...
|
|
| 22. The Bonaduces - A Separate Lid Behind Closed Eyes |
|
|
Here’s the hard part: when there are no plugs to pull, visitors are ushered back to their vehicles, and an endless crescendo of unvoiced cries...
|
|
| 23. The Bonaduces - I Nominate My Kitten For The King Of The Dead |
|
|
I found some diaries from when I was thirteen, and they’re filled with half-invented stories, boring dreams and little drawings from classroom...
|
|
| 24. The Bonaduces - Nanotechnology Will Replace Us All |
|
|
Nanotechnology will replace us all. The plans are underway. It's closer everyday. Insects and quadrupeds will be the first to fall. Replacing the...
|
|
| 25. The Bonaduces - Merry Christmas, Angela |
|
|
It's 6 P.M. on Christmas Eve when you're getting home. Tears frozen into your cheeks. You dry them by the stove. You drop your jacket to the ground,...
|
|
|
| |
| 26. The Bonaduces - I'm The Only Proof You Need |
|
|
I lift my head up and touch the bumper, with my hands all shredded up from going under the machine. Kate came to drive me to the hospital. I told her...
|
|
| 27. The Bonaduces - The Second Annual National Depression Awareness Day Sleepover Party |
|
|
At the table you played along, like when Angela explains how she shows up drunk to therapy. But at my turn you disappeared. I guess you didn’t want...
|
|
| 28. The Bonaduces - We Never Close |
|
|
Punching in, I see my reflection in the time clock. I’m shaking and I’m flushed. The aftermath of our fall-out. I didn’t want to walk away, but...
|
|
| 29. The Bonaduces - I Think She’s A Spy |
|
|
I'm unraveling a secret, though it's clear she wants to keep it. She hasn't said a word since she arrived. She just appeared from nowhere. Long coat...
|
|
| 30. The Bonaduces - How To Say I Hate You In Japanese When Your Actual Intention Is To Indicate |
|
|
I've been learning some Japanese so I'll know when you’re teasing me, but my tapes lack enlightenment in the playful insult department. Not that...
|
|
|
| |
| 31. The Bonaduces - Val Left Her Inhaler In The Car |
|
|
You left the lights on. The battery’s gone dead. Check the bus stop and opt to jog instead. Cut across the path in the back but we’re way too...
|
|
| 32. The Bonaduces - The Songs We Knew Best |
|
|
We dressed and went outside, my sister and me, so we could go watch the moon lie across the belly of the sun. And she held me close; she knew I...
|
|
| 33. The Bonaduces - Understudy To Abby Grey |
|
|
I’m drowning in a curtain call that’s aimed above my head and my bow is just acquiescence to the arc of their intent. Drafted as a stand-in...
|
|
| 34. The Bonaduces - Montgomery |
|
|
I don't know much about your friends, but I know mine quite well. I know the way she wears her pockets. I know what's inside. Me and Rachel at the...
|
|
| 35. The Bonaduces - Stupid Like Angela |
|
|
I left my mitts behind in third period (history). My name was on the inside because I've had them since I was three. You brought them to my locker....
|
|
|
| |