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Deborah Bradford Boyfriend
(Revisited) He never was a good kisser, but I am an actress and
I believe he needs me. I put my hands in his short hair. My
fingers are surprised, they
thought they remembered more. So, I’m the one that got away? My nod is a lie, but a white one,
small. The next is bigger, purple, an
eggplant. I’ve never stopped thinking of you.
I hate eggplant. It is soggy, mushy, compliant. Deborah
Bradford is an adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State University
and Tunxis Community College,
and Assistant Editor of Tuesday; An Art Project. Her work has recently
appeared in The Washington Post,
The Connecticut
Review, The Writing Disorder and Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair (Dos
Gatos Press, 2008). |
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