Kept saying “We’re gonna get through this together. Gay sex Singing ‘Cajun Love Song’ around the campfire. …”“Sunny gave Lyle Alice, “Little Alice Blue Gown, they called her. Even looks like you.”All the past I knew of myself flashed in front of me.As Chip put the lids on the drinks, all Lyle’s love rushed back along with an image of a burning van. “I missed my precious boy. He told me to get on a bus, explain my situation to the driver. Guy named Finley Tucker.Tucker set up his short trailer house beside ours. Lyle’s parents were ecstatic, asked them to move to the old house with them.“Those days, our families camped, fished together. Without cash for a cab or bus, I was stuck. Not very glamorous. Back to the set.Took several hours to get my group photographed. Occasionally he said he loved me, said I was his beautiful boy. He smelled good, kinda like sweat and something deep purple and mysterious.Patchouli and weed.***Seafood filled the foam boxes he brought. She told us she was pregnant. There were lots of Motel 5s, I didn’t remember which one.Got panicky as the building emptied.As the lady readied to leave, I asked to use the phone, called Bummer.
