How I Spent My Summer Vacation
“MACKENZIE SAID AS WE walked back across the soft sand, “we need a little perspective.”
Our silences had grown incrementally along with the lengthening shadows of afternoon. “Everybody needs perspective on everything.” I admit I was snappish. I also admit I didn’t care. “What else is new?”
“Maybe we need a little distance, a little time apart.” I didn’t know what to say to that. It’s scary when men overuse adjectives, as in a little distance, a little perspective, a little time apart. Besides, M...ackenzie and I already had our full measure of distance, only not in well-placed or meaningful spaces.
That was part of the problem. Plus, I was supposed to be the one saying sentences like that. When I decided to say them.
“Ahm not much use here. The police are real competent, an’ Ahm an outsider.”
He sounded serene, devoid of emotions, but according to the ahm-slurs-per-second test, he was either upset or pissed with me. Sometimes, it’s affection that’s on the upswing, but I was pretty sure this was not one of those times.MoreLess
Our silences had grown incrementally along with the lengthening shadows of afternoon. “Everybody needs perspective on everything.” I admit I was snappish. I also admit I didn’t care. “What else is new?”
“Maybe we need a little distance, a little time apart.” I didn’t know what to say to that. It’s scary when men overuse adjectives, as in a little distance, a little perspective, a little time apart. Besides, M...ackenzie and I already had our full measure of distance, only not in well-placed or meaningful spaces.
That was part of the problem. Plus, I was supposed to be the one saying sentences like that. When I decided to say them.
“Ahm not much use here. The police are real competent, an’ Ahm an outsider.”
He sounded serene, devoid of emotions, but according to the ahm-slurs-per-second test, he was either upset or pissed with me. Sometimes, it’s affection that’s on the upswing, but I was pretty sure this was not one of those times.MoreLess
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