Chrome Turtle

Object No. 7 of 50

[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Bob Powers, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to 826 National.]

I bought this chrome turtle from the first girl I ever loved, five years after I'd stopped. She was having a yard sale. I didn't know it was her yard. I just caught a glimpse from across the street and saw there were sweaters, so I decided to check it out.

The clothes were all women's. I would have kept walking, except I knew I'd seen ...