Page 319 from Issue 47 We got up without eating. The rich lady in the comer said to my mother, ... "What a lovely family you've got. Where is your husband?" My mother looked at her, ... who'd known my mother as a young girl in Wexford. They asked her briefly about her family, and she ...

handkerchief and missed both stirrups. His head disappeared between my legs and I landed almost running. After ... he'd take his head away from me, tuck it, and sunfish on the way up. The top half of my body would pull ... out of orbit and wait for my hips to follow, go further out as he turned away, and get heavier till ...

across our lot and maybe a bit beyond it, where 1 swung down from a limb and touched my toes to a garbage ... float through the trees and pass over buildings to my win­ dow. Below me, out there, for many minutes ... sometimes, the be­ fooled would continue calling and pursuing. Yet no one guessed my divinity. No one knew ...

Page 159 from Issue 86 She drew my hands to her face and left them there. "I'd ... rather you draw your own conclusions." It was up to me to feel my way across her face. Her hair ... was short and thick. It smelled good when I moved my fingers through it. There was a stiffness there, ...

my young uncle would come up with some excuses for himself, such as he couldn't wait to get ... situations in life, and I had more than one young aunt. But the one I'll be talking about here is my ... real young aunt. I liked my young uncle very much, and hoped that he would marry many different women; ...