I Said No
To the Boy With the Thumbs
10 min readAug 23, 2018
Content Warning: Sexual Assault
It was a misty, warm night on Cary Street at an abandoned bar as I lingered in the back. As the wind turned the water white, to black. You showed up late, and dropped your phone.
You dropped your phone in an angry puddle. Its screenface looked at us like a scrying glass, foretelling sins and judging harshly, I begged…