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Good Humor
Lauren Becker
The sky was navy blue and I wanted to wrap myself in it and never see
yellow or white again, but I bought a Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake
ice cream instead and came home to yellow light and white walls. There
were things on TV but I texted this guy and told him about buying $15
of candy and ice cream. Five dollars of it was a sandwich, so I texted
him again and told him I bought ten dollars worth of junk and asked if
he remembered how good those Strawberry Shortcakes were.
I'm pretty sure he remembers, but this guy won't give me anything, even
a yes. If I told him about the navy blue sky, he would say something
like guys in the navy are homos. I'm doing this new thing where I agree
with everything he says. It irritates the shit out of him.
He's not like a guy guy anyways. He's my brother. My stepbrother. His
name is Boone, which is gayer than the navy, I tell him. He tells me I
should eat five more Strawberry Shortcakes so I can attract a guy who
likes fatties. My mother did a bad thing.
It's stupid to text him when he's in the same room, but he has this
lame cell phone plan where he has to pay like fifty cents for every
text he makes or gets. When he doesn't answer, I send him texts one
word at a time.
Good
Humor
Strawberry
Shortcakes
Make
Me
Even
Cuter
If
That's
Even
Possible.
Lauren Becker is 1/5 of the new book from Tiny Hardcore, Shut Up/Look Pretty (which holds collections by three other Wigleaf
contributors also—Erin Fitzgerald, Kirsty Logan and Amber Sparks).
Detail of drawing on main page courtesy of Levin Garson.
W i g l e a f
11-29-11
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