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As Diana held the back of the seat, I hoisted my butt onto the unicycle and tottered up Broadway towards Needle Park. Pump, pump. Wobble, wobble. Diana would let go and run along beside me. Wobble, wobble. I would feel the narrow saddle slip between my thighs, then fly out behind me. I’d jump off quickly and try once more, [...]
“Hey, girls!” Brandishing a lit cigarette, a guy in an army jacket beckoned my friend Robin and me. He was leaning against the wall of a warehouse near an elevated subway station in Queens, a few stops outside of Manhattan. Our new boss. I’d been hired over the phone the previous day, after answering an ad in The Village Voice. [...]
I ran into Dad’s room after hearing my name called. “Take off your shoes,“ he said. I wondered what the heck was going to happen now. That morning my mom had told me that I would be going to Akron, Ohio with Dad to see the people who caused his nightmares and screaming. His war buddies. They were having a [...]
