Listen to a podcast of David Fishkind’s “I stole you a book today.”
I stole you a book today
I stole you a book today
it was the one I’d been planning on stealing
for weeks, I staked out waiting for people
to leave the little store where the book’s kept
and hoped to god that there was no camera
and I snatched it and stuffed it into my big coat
and ran away laughing to myself
it’s a rare first edition with a cover that you
can’t find anywhere else
it’s something you like
I bent the cover a little bit but it was new
so I bent it back and you can’t even tell
and I wrote you a note on the inside front cover
about how I love you and then I wrote a quote from the book:
“You have ghosts?”
and I told you about it and you were shocked
and then flattered
we’d been in a fight and I was feeling uncomfortable and bad
I said I won’t drink like that for a long time
I said I’ll bring you the book I stole for you friday
we’ll lie down on your mattress and kiss for a long time
we’ll have sex and go to sleep
Listen to a podcast of David Fishkind’s “may.”
may
i took a plane to st. louis to see my sister
with my parents and her fiance and her fiance’s family
you called me the night before i was leaving
and i didn’t expect you to call
and you said you didn’t know if you’d be able to make it next weekend
and i said but i haven’t seen you in three weeks
and then i won’t see you for another three weeks
and you said you know how things are with my family
and i wanted to say no, i don’t, it’s irrelevant
and i told you that you should care a little bit more
and you said what does that mean
and i said you should just care a little bit more
and i took the plane to st. louis on four hours of sleep
and i slept and looked at chicago from above
in st. louis my family was so happy
we sat in the sun at seven am and my sister graduated
and i texted you a few times a day
and you replied but you only texted me
to say not to call you tonight and then again the next morning
to say not to call you this morning
and i’d gained weight
and i’d lost a lot of things about myself
you kept telling me to see a therapist
you kept telling me you didn’t want to lose me
and i said what does that mean
About the author:
David Fishkind is eighteen years old and lives in Massachusetts. He runs the blog ‘baby hedgehogs and american apparel dogs‘. He is a student at NYU and has a pet Scottish Terrier. He only writes with Ticonderoga #2 pencils. He has brown eyes.
