How to escape when you're caught in the act
Day 11 of The Seal: A 30-Day Micro-Memoir Series
Who’s your boyfriend?
One of my mother’s friends asks first.
Then my aunt.
Who’s your boyfriend?
Then more friends, more aunts.
Who’s your boyfriend?
Who’s your boyfriend?
Their voices are as red as the comb of a rooster.
It’s like I’m walking down the street naked, and they’re asking me, Why are you naked? And I want to say, Because I don’t have any clothes. …
