Forky
February, 1984
ForkyMy coffee's gone cold and I look at her over the rim of my cup. I look at her throat, at the tiny part that moves as she talks. I listen to her life and I know when to nod my head and when to smile. But my stomach tightens as I try and look like I know what she's sayin'. I see her naked, her belly against mine. And I think how she was probably still intact my first year down.Johnny looked too much like my brother Marty with his smooth face and small shoulders, and when I saw him that first...