1.19.2009

Naked

By Lauren Becker
91 words


He went to the naked place to get a woman off of him. The hot springs would boil and sterilize him.

He drove two hours, too fast around the ascending curves in the two- lane road. He couldn't see what was coming but guessed, correctly. Impatience made him reckless.

In the communal dressing room, he could not undo his belt. His skin insisted that it stay covered. He tried not to hear. It had been costly to get there.



Lauren Becker lives in Oakland, California. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Word Riot, DOGZPLOT, Six Sentences, Mud Luscious and Wigleaf.

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