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He moved to run a hand through her cornrows, then pulled back remembering the one time he’s tried that-Connie had lectured him on the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not touch thy black girlfriend’s hair. Ever.

Barry Lyga

A river of images and thoughts and feelings, dirtied and polluted so that no one could drink from it without gagging.
BARRY LYGA

Drink Feelings Rivers
And it’s true. It’s so true. All those years of loving Zik because he never asked about Eve… I never realized, I never understood. It was his job as my best friend not to ask. But it was my job as his best friend to tell him without being asked.
BARRY LYGA

Best Friend Jobs Years
I suddenly realize that I’m naked, which shouldn’t bother me since it’s the phone, but for some reason it does. “How’s it hanging?” Kyra asks and now I think I’m blushing. It’s just an expression, but jeez!
BARRY LYGA

Expression Phones Thinking
I don’t know and I don’t care anymore. I was supposed to have my way for once, just once in my life. I did everything right and I got nothing for it. I want to kill them all. no, better yet, I want to die. No, even bettter than that: I want to kill them all then die.
BARRY LYGA

Care Want Way
Medicine cabinets are dangerous. Those doors, man. They’ll just spring on you like a ninja.
BARRY LYGA

Doors Men Ninja Spring
Anger was a waste of time and energy. Anger was useless.”Anger” was the label given to the emotion that accomplished nothing.
BARRY LYGA

Energy Labels Useless
It just means that if someone hates you, they still have feelings for you. If they really didn’t care about you, they’d just forget about you. They wouldn’t even waste the time hating you.
BARRY LYGA

Feelings Hate Mean
…She’s not buying [the lie], but there’s nothing else on the shelves.
BARRY LYGA

Buying Lying Shelves
Homecoming’s stupid.” And it is. Buch of kids looking for excuses to grope eachother all night.
BARRY LYGA

Kids Night Stupid
Yes, pain meant life. But the symmetric property did not apply; Life did not mean pain.
BARRY LYGA

Mean Pain Property
One time you told me that the opposite of love isn’t hate. And I didn’t understand that, but I think I do know. Because if you hate someone, you most still care, right? You have to care a little bit; otherwise you would just ignore them and forget they even live. Or lived.
BARRY LYGA

Hate Opposites Thinking
Unreal. I’m feeling nostalgic for something that happened less than twenty-four hours ago. This has got to be a record.
BARRY LYGA

Feelings Less Nostalgic Records The Twenties
See, forgiveness doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not an event – it’s a process.
BARRY LYGA

Events Forgiveness Process
Are you stalking me, Mr. Fulton?” The idea both amused and horrified Jazz.
BARRY LYGA

Ideas Jazz Stalking
. . . but there’s a restraining order in place.’ She speaks slowly, choosing her words carefully. ‘I’m not supposed to be this close to you.’ You were never supposed to be this close to me,’ I say, and I have no idea why.
BARRY LYGA

Carefully Ideas Order Speak Suppose
It’s not an easy choice, but that’s OK. Easy doesn’t equal good. Difficulty doesn’t equal bad. It’s just life, is all.
BARRY LYGA

Choices Easy Life

He moved to run a hand through her cornrows, then pulled back remembering the one time he’s tried that-Connie had lectured him on the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not touch thy black girlfriend’s hair. Ever.

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He moved to run a hand through her cornrows, then pulled back remembering the one time he’s tried that-Connie had lectured him on the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not touch thy black girlfriend’s hair. Ever.

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