Tag: ex
-
Dirty Laundry
Sometimes when I concentrate with all I have I can remember the first time you fell asleep with your head in my lap and I thought the little noises your nose and mouth made were sweet. I remember loving the little stuffed animal you brought me even though it came from the gas station where you…
-
Old diaries, new perspective
I decided very early on that I wanted to be a writer. Elementary school, in fact. I always wanted to be a novelist (and this year, I will be!) but around fifth grade, I decided that might be too difficult to break into the industry and be a bestseller, so instead I would “just” be…
-
A first love
This is an attempt to capture with words the purity of a first romance … and the ability to reflect on it years later with fondness. A memory It’s 1993, I am 15 years old, and this is no summer romance. No, this one sparks during a snowfall and a power outage, and this one will warm me for…
-
A 20-year-old confession
A memory I am 6 years old and in first grade. Jason is my boyfriend. I’m not sure how this happened, but it had something to do with my sticker book and two pigs kissing and I showed it to him and he liked it. Later I decide I don’t want to have a boyfriend…
-
Waffle House, an exboyfriend, and being 18
A memory It is 1996, and we are seniors in high school. Brian and I had just broken up, so things are weird between us. Susan, Brian and I are at Waffle House, so it must be the middle of the night. I am so happy to just be in his presence, although I am…
-
Weird paintings and exgirlfriends
Do you like this painting? Alexander Calder lithograph This is an Alexander Calder lithograph that used to belong to Jeff’s stepfather. It was given to Gray (Jeff’s stepfather) by a former girlfriend – and Jeff’s mom always hated it. They “pawned” it off on him, which made him happy – he loves it! In fact,…
-
Weird paintings and exgirlfriends
Do you like this painting? Alexander Calder lithograph This is an Alexander Calder lithograph that used to belong to Jeff’s stepfather. It was given to Gray (Jeff’s stepfather) by a former girlfriend – and Jeff’s mom always hated it. They “pawned” it off on him, which made him happy – he loves it! In fact,…
-
Unraveling
On our first date, when your face scored target on my eyes, you told me it was the best date you’d ever had because we fell asleep on each other on the couch and didn’t wake until daylight. That was two years ago, and now you have porcupine daggers in your eyes when you look…
-
Where no one has
The parking lot was empty when you pulled your sleek black Bonneville underneath a dirty street lamp that wasn’t on even though the sky was metallic gray with stabs of silver lightening. It was your dad’s car, handed down to you; you handed down to me unscented Jergens lotion you told me to put on…