Somebody's Coming-Out Story
Posted by Amanda Laughtland at 5/27/2007 11:17 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
I Knew It Was Somehow About Sex
One woman down our street
wore slacks and plaid shirts. Why
did I also scorn dresses? Nobody
told me until late in my 20s
and only peripherally—married women
began flirting with me, insisting
everything that happened
only happened when we were drinking.
One woman down our street
wore slacks and plaid shirts. Why
did I also scorn dresses? Nobody
told me until late in my 20s
and only peripherally—married women
began flirting with me, insisting
everything that happened
only happened when we were drinking.
I love "nobody told me until late in my 20s" and "married women began flirting with me" as super-compact story telling and the way people really talk. The title really captures the feeling of some hint, the mystery of when sexuality is hidden like that, when the whole reality is just barely below the surface.
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