“Why do people compromise themselves into misery when they’re ‘in love?’” – Marissa, Orlando, FL
A Christmas Story
My father unpacked disappointment from the steamer chest, falling on my body like a blanket; it’s why she laughs after making my underwear an illusion.
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J. Bradley is the author of Dodging Traffic (Ampersand Books, 2009), The Serial Rapist Sitting Behind You Is a Robot (Safety Third Enterprises, 2010), My Hands Are As Thick As Dreams (Patasola Press, 2011), and the e-chapbooks A Patchwork of Rooms Furnished by Mistakes (Deckfight Press, 2011) and Our Hearts Are Power Ballads (Artistically Declined Press, 2011). He lives at iheartfailure.net.
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