[New post] Kissed a Girl

Longreads posted: "Vickie Vértiz | Excerpted from Graffiti, the inaugural anthology from POC United | November 2019 | 8 minutes (2,111 words) Spring break in LA is one long day at Magic Mountain. My friend Moses parks his 1985 Caprice Classic next to our chain-link gate. T" New post on Longreads Kissed a Girl by Longreads Vickie Vértiz | Excerpted from Graffiti, the inaugural anthology from POC United | November 2019 | 8 minutes (2,111 words) Spring break in LA is one long day at Magic Mountain. My friend Moses parks his 1985 Caprice Classic next to our chain-link gate. The engine clicks off and the Led Zeppelin guitar goes quiet. He brought Eva, Rudy, and my boyfriend Beto to pick me up. We'll be on roller coasters if only we can get out of the alley I live in. From the family bedroom, I hear all four doors close. Rudy jokes with Amá. She's letting them into our cement yard. Then, no more laughing. I grab my jacket and go outside as soon as I can, but not fast enough. Amá is standing in her apron facing her wall of pink geraniums. That's when she thanks them for being my friends, especially after "that thing that happened." "What thing?" my boyfriend asks. Beto pushes up his glasses on his nose as if it will help him hear better. Read more of this post Longreads | November 7, 2019 at 8:00 am | Tags: adolescence, book excerpt, excerpt, graffiti, Latinx, LGBTQ, Los Angeles, roller coasters, Vickie Vértiz | Categories: Books, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-yAh Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2019/11/07/kissed-a-girl/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com