The Cashier Warned Me Not To Go To The Party And Minutes Later I Discovered The Plan They Had For Me

of someone who considers the spaces she occupies to be fundamentally correctly occupied, who has never had to negotiate her right to take up room. Expensive heels on asphalt. Oversized sunglasses. A cake box held with the ease of something purchased without planning for it, without adjusting anything else to accommodate the cost.

Brenda set her phone continue reading …