In college, my gay friend called my shoes Lesbian shoes. They were Birkenstock knockoffs, worn fake leather sandals. Anytime I wore them, or anything he deemed unfashionable: Lesbian. One Friday night, he declared that maybe I was a lesbian. Everyone laughed at this wild thought, an idea as ridiculous as their boyfriends’ wearing stilettos. My […]
Caroline Earleywine
Caroline Earleywine, MFA, teaches high school English in Central Arkansas. She was a semifinalist for Nimrod’s 2018 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and a finalist at Write Bloody Publishing. Her work can be found in Glass: A Journal of Poetry,The Legendary, and Nailed Magazine, among others.