The label on the can of Easy Cheese says that
you don't need to refrigerate it
He read it out loud and frowned
But it's still cheese...isn't it?
Later I noticed he had put it in the fridge
That doesn't tell you everything you need to know about him
but it's a good place to start
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We live here, inside our heads
And when I would repeat what she said
I would add the gesture
of tapping my index finger to my temple
And we hold onto people so tightly
out of fear
less afraid to upset them than to watch them walk away
I agreed, yes, that was the case
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My second cousins on my dad's side are all adult men
They look like cartoon goober thugs
like disgruntled suburban toys
on the brink of figuring out how little they stand to lose
One of them has a mustache
sweatsocks
and a highly ambigious chin/neck situation
He brought with him an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen
which we all ate at the table
at 3 p.m.
in Bismarck, North Dakota
After we had finished he turned to me
You look like you want to have another piece
And I promised to take care of myself
and to never be alone in a room with him
