The Boyfriend App
Ma would call her a turtle and remind her of the proverb of the early bird while Kate would silently console herself with the fable of the tortoise and the hare.
Kate still has plenty of hours to sleep but, the truth is, even though it’s been four days of freedom, she still can’t shake off the sound of the intercom bugle in Camp Unplugged. She can hear it every morning at six and, no matter what dream she’s having, the sound bumps her off and out of the dream like a bowling ball that first glides as a straight ball and then suddenly becomes a gutter ball. Or, right before she gets cut off from the dream, the bugle sound gets mixed in and she sees miniature unicorns forced to join an endless