Red Rot

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fulton hill, 1987-2006

20 and pregnant on fulton hill she takes the bus to work until her car is fixed next week and she left work early yesterday to catch it home before the thunderstorm

i would have taken her home if i wasnt working again

we used to drive past fulton hill on our way to church before they shut down that gas station for drug deals and turned that grocery store into a church

driving past, i would think of indians on powhatan hill and get car sick

once we went to the city pool, that month that i sprained my ankle on the trampoline. my bathing suit was magenta and white. it was hot and dirty and we were the only white kids, if thats what we are. thats what we seem to be, scrawny and suntanned from the next hill over

some stick-boy said he thought i was cute while i hobbled away, silent and blushing

i still dont know how to take compliments

1:38 p.m. - 2006-06-24

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