Newport Beach, CA.
This house has so many treasures in it. For
example, the cork board wall, where traces of
my childhood can be found.

Exhibit A: my drawing of the “Cat Moster” [sic]
which I scientifically labelled a 50,000 lb animal.
I also wanted people to know how big he was——
a measurement I used my own hands to determine——
“9 pinkys” (as in pinky fingers) long.

Exhibit B: some of my old ribbons from swim team
summers. What I remember most about swim team
was that afterwards I was allowed to pick one
“healthy snack” and one candy from the shop
next to the pool. I regularly picked red vines,
a choice I am now perplexed by.