Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven

Author:Ellen van Neerven [Neerven, Ellen van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Historical, Cultural Heritage, Literary, Short Stories (Single Author), Australia
ISBN: 9780702252945
Google: r9HkoAEACAAJ
Amazon: B00M6G19EM
Barnesnoble: B00M6G19EM
Goodreads: 22654549
Publisher: UQP
Published: 2014-08-26T23:00:00+00:00

LIGHT

Strike Another Match

The blackfella fashion here is contagious. Kitty wears a flanno over a blackfella T-shirt with a long floral red skirt and Dunlop volleys. I ain’t looking too flash like them mob here, even the little fellas with their basketball caps and mismatched sneakers. My glamour does not translate in desert country, red stains down the seams of my white pants. I need a hat to replace this crowding sun. The memory intrudes of the summer I spent with one married woman, a redhead, name buried because she is famous, or she lives her life with famous people and she is only famous by default. She rubbed sunscreen down the insides of my arms. I know you don’t burn, honey, she said. But I want to see you protected. Now, I think she did have a slight American accent, but I didn’t notice it often. I remember asking her if she was born in my city, and she answered perplexed. I’m from Dallas, honey. She left marks on me despite my gritted teeth because I had fallen for as many women that year as I had stopped for fuel and it was proving costly. They all tried to denounce their relationship status as little more than an old faded tattoo easily covered, but married was not what I was looking for. Tell you what, I still don’t know what it is I’m looking for but Alice is a good enough place to start. I feel like walking in a straight line through the desert with a metal detector pointed to the ground.

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