a june scrapbook

1.     June was an ache. It was an old sweatshirt in humidity. It was a weighted blanket, and it was a picnic basket of cheeses melting in their plastic wraps. It was a buttercup pulled from the grass by its roots, thin as hairs. It was a small scab, picked over and over, finally starting to scar.

2.     The new season of Love Island UK came out in June, though. The contestants are new, but the slang from previous seasons buoys the American anglophiles. He’s proper fit. Pull him for a chat. The f...