On the other side of me was a line of pale Puerto Rican boys wearing identical white T-shirts, dark workman trousers, and black hair greased into ducktails. They were small and compact and gave the impression of stillness, and as I stared at their uniformity my heart quickened to realize they were girls. Eyes on the floor, shoulders hunched, they filed past, except for one, who pushed her hands into her pockets and gave me a look I had no way of categorizing, other than to know it made me jumpy and breathless.
From The Queens of Montague Street by Nancy Rommelmann.
Wanted: a royal blue Oilily dress from about 2003. It had a crazy cheeseburger pattern all over it. Can't find an image anywhere.
This 1990 poster by Charley Harper is available three ways:
$85.00 from this etsy seller
$50.00 from charleyharperprints.com
$10.00 from bookstore.gpo.gov
Miles Green
Wilkerson James
Adkin Christopher
Thomas Wesley
Jack Ervin
L. S. Silas
Hamp Cleveland
Ruby Mae
Maude Mae
Sampson Davis
Jasper Tillman
Ada Lou
Thanks Mom!
Related: The Peregrine White Cradle
