Beware of the story that begins, this story begins. begins in the bending woods, and rain in Italy, in the Salt Flats of Utah black and white movie, in the…in the... In a heartbeat. Farewell little girl little boy. Little girl little boy....

Teenagers. The way teenagers look. The way teenagers look at each other, the way we look at our own bodies. the way bodies look, the way bodies look when piled on top of each other.

...heres a joke: bugs bugs bugs…. Bugs, bugs…  Get it? Bugs all over the place.

photos by Lauren Bender