Wrote "W"s on each ass cheek. Bent over &
spelt "WOW" with her asshole. Nights with my sister full of smoke,
drink, dance, laughing. And crazy stories: Dad baby-sitting Stephanie in Cleveland
porno houses. The tattered Mission "tranny" karaoke where we used to
dance, kissed. In NY, Stephanie called. "Sunday's a date!" Then I
canceled - a friend said Sunday was his only free night. "Stephanie can we
reschedule?" "Sure." They
knew without knowing they wouldn't. Sunday had been their night. Months later, returning
from rehab she overdosed. His sister called. Penn Station. Bought ice cream,
cried, ate slowly.
