Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Ronald, the owner, was never there and told me to do whatever Brody said.
We had the long weekend shifts, busy in the morning and dull in the late afternoon.
Do you care about the hostages in Iran?
I asked him.
This was a leading question.
I didn't care all that much myself.
Was I bragging about how heartless I was?
Probably, and it drew Brody's interest.
He said, they'll be okay.
Getting skinny, though.
pleased we were to be indifferent together.
I said they were proof the US wasn't as powerful as it thought it was.
Brody said, people keep discovering that over and over, like it's news each time.
Totally, I said.
I was so thrilled when I went to get more boxes from the back and he found me behind the storage shelves.
For weeks after, the shop was our love shack.
Up to a point.
We kept our clothes on, though we did a lot of reaching around and under them.
What delights we hid in that back room.
I thought of them whenever I wasn't with him.