People You Know By Heart

—IT’S ALMOST WORKING                                                   Crowded House            I am his fat girlfriend.  He likes it that w...

  —WE STARTED A STORY WHOSE END MUST NOW WAIT                                                   See Through            I loved the boy acros...

          —THAT’S JUST A PART OF IT   My Life in Black and White              Momma says she likes her coffee the same way she likes her men...

—I THOUGHT THE ONLY LONELY PLACE WAS ON THE MOON                                              The Launcher   That summer we were bored or st...

—CRACKLIN’ ROSE YOU’RE A STORE-BOUGHT WOMAN     …That’s what’s called an awfully tight squeeze.   …Thank God for tow trucks.   …I think thes...

       —WELL, THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE                                                 Summer Scalping: Scarecrows                           ...

  —I ALREADY FEEL LIKE DOING IT AGAIN     A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing      She looked inside the well of me, way down into the gray, gulle...