MacBook From Ebay

#4 of Fragments, a prose project.

I didn’t need a MacBook sophomore year of high school.

But the old family laptop had crashed for good upon starting up.

I’ve always been one for status.

My mom got it for me, after some arguments and some cash collected after paying rent.

$500 from Ebay, two years old and bought used, with a smaller screen to save cost.

I think I’ll love that junk device forever, long-since replaced.

Like I love taking the case off my phone and feeling its smooth glass back.

Once unimaginable, now in my hands.

Last week’s fragment.