The few trees still upright were stripped of their branches, lonely flagpoles without a nation to claim them.

“The most important part of seeing Darla every night wasn’t the fooling around. …”

“I felt bad about dirtying their comforter with my nasty clothes, but who knew w…”

“I'd never heard any noise quite so welcome as the click that a shotgun made whe…”

“Condoms instantly shot to the number-one position on my mental list of must-fin…”