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Especially whenlike, “Did you catch a lizard in your rooe noises through the walls And a bunch of thuht that’d gotten into the house You used to love catchin’ them lizards Was it a lizard?”

Bobby and I couldn’t look at each other; we couldn’t keep a straight face otherwise

“Yeah,ol’ lizard”

A big lizard down Bobby’s throat

A big lizard up Bobby’s butt

We’re sure huntin’ big, scary lizards, alright

Sometimes Billy and Tanner join us for breakfast or lunch or dinner, and then it’s an even bigger ga is co looks, then I’ll coyly say so and sore h

We’re impossible

But as fun as it is to play ames with my family, the real special moments are between me and Bobby, and they come e are all by ourselves in the safety ofranch, or cozy in the bedroohts are always peaceful, suh the branches of the trees outside And Bobby’s in ainst my chest on his bed or uage of their own to each other, and the enraptured pair of us whisper sweet things into the darkness of whoever’s bedroom

Things like: “Jimmy, I love you”

And I’ll say: “Bobby, you’re so dang good to me”

And he’ll go: “Jilad you took a shower, ‘cause after all our dance rehearsing, you stank so bad”

Then I’ll kick him for that

He’ll shove me back

Then our squir bodies becoainstquarters becomes a problem

A proble our shirts

And our pants

And underwear

One thing leads to another—and dot, dot, dot

We’re not just lust-filled horny ani it seem He keeps me absolutely cal a dance for this big Spruce Ball thing In fact, heoff our skills to the whole town

And whenever he finishes a long shift at thatwith more stress than he tells et hi hi off stea hi