Salisbury Beach Pizza Time Machine Georgia Bellas
Pop a Debbie Gibson cassette tape in your boombox and press play. Pull
a doorknob off to use as microphone and lip-synch until you hear your
father yelling TURN THAT MUSIC DOWN. Drive to a beachside arcade strip
with pizza & fried dough & freshly squeezed lemonade
signs competing for attention — make sure you haven't eaten
in hours — and choose the pizza joint with the longest line.
Order a slice. Go play as many games of Skee ball as there are quarters
in your pocket while you wait. Turn your armful of tickets in for one
candy necklace, one Chinese finger trap, a mood ring, and two plastic
Army men. Retrieve your slice from the pick-up window. Eat on a bench
or while leaning against a lamppost next to a trash can. Breathe in the
salt air. Flap your arms to chase away the seagulls. Wipe the sauce off
your chin. You can go back for a second piece but it won't taste as
good as the first.
Georgia Bellas has work in or coming from Split Lip, WhiskeyPaper, People Holding and others.
Detail of photo on main page courtesy
of John R. Bennett.
Read GB's postcard.
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