“…and nobody wants to hear about it anyway”, she says ____ She lifts her drink slowly to her mouth as the ice cubes angrily clink against...

He bounces the ball in my direction – and I bounce it back to him ____ Our days and nights consist of jumping on backyard trampolines,...

He lived one street over – his name was Edward… He was what we knew then as “retarded.” [my eyes drip liquid regret and shame as I write...