Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found Myself of Steam

From Letting Go of Bobby James: Or How I Found My Self of Steam We are at a picnic table just an overhand pitch from the ocean, and the sun is shining something fierce. I'm about to give Bobby James a peck on the cheek because I'm feeling so good, when out of the blue he says something funny. As in funny peculiar. Just why did I want to get hitched up with him anyway? he asks. And I can see he doesn't really want the answer, and he's starting to heat up the way he does. What you need to do then is play him out on a long line and wait till he can be reeled back in. But this time he winds up tighter and tighter, and then he just pops me. Just like that, with the back of his hand. And some voice inside tells me not to cry out, some voice that's been there all the while I guess, just waiting for the right time. And the bright blue ocean and that pretty white sand and the kids streaking by on their skateboards and the family right next to us in the silver RV all tip away and for a minute go black. Popped me winded.Hobbs, Valerie is the author of 'Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found Myself of Steam ', published 2004 under ISBN 9780374343842 and ISBN 0374343845.