VINYL POETRY

Volume 2, November 2010

BIRDIE
Nick RipatrazoneView Contributor’s Note

Fort Bragg

My aunt believed in the sanative nature of Wonder Bread, buying enough loaves to cover the backseat of her Oldsmobile. She kept most in a chest freezer, others lined her kitchen counters. My father said it was the thinnest of breads, crinkling a slice between his fingers. My aunt rolled her eyes. They continued rolling until November, when her son said he was staying at the base. He wanted to be a career Army man. I heard her cry for a minute, and then she packed three loaves into a box and mailed them.