Wear Gloves if you have to by Bogdan Dragos

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funny thing was that they

were still kids

yet they loved each other much like

grown people did

They ran behind the barn

and behind a haystack and he had his

hands wrapped tightly around her

neck and squeezed hard

and moved like he tried to unscrew

something stuck

It left some nasty

red marks

She had her eyes rolled upwards

to the point where only white

was seen. White as the

froth around her lips

He let go

She blinked a few times

and spat. “No, what are you doing? Why

did you let go like that?

Oh my God, you’re so stupid! Just when

it was getting really good.”

“Sorry,” he said. “I was… M-my hands start

hurting.”

“What? Oh, you’re so lame! That’s

so weak!”

“Sorry,” he said

“Shut up and put your hands back. Get

some gloves if you have to.”

“Aw, c’mon. Can’t we just… get back to

the other thing? Like, pulling your

hair and stuff?”

“No,” she said. “I want this now. And it’s

shitty that I’ve to make

things easier for you. You’re, like, so lame,

you know? Here,” she lay on the

ground, on her back. “Now put your hands on

my neck and, like, just push down. And don’t

let me hear you cry about

your hands hurting, got that?”

“Well… okay.”

It’s a real shame

they didn’t stay together until

adulthood

Today he makes a living installing, maintaining,

and repairing surveillance systems

and wonders from time

to time what she’s doing

He’ll probably never know

that she’s

running her own bank

and will

very soon

get into politics as well

-BOGDAN DRAGOS

Bogdan Dragos supervises casinos for a gambling company, working twelve-hour shifts locked in a dark office full of TV monitors. There he mostly daydreams and writes poems and stories. He also manages a poetry blog Daydreaming as a profession.

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