love
&
leftovers
a novel in verse
sarah tregay
Dedication
For high school Leftovers everywhere
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Part One - DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
My Family’s Summerhouse
The Breakup
Long Shot
An Explanation
Lonely
Since the Breakup
Saturday at the Laundromat
Every Time Dad Calls and Mom Answers
I Want to Ask Dad Questions Too
The First Day of School
The Second Day of School
Talk about Accents
The Teachers Hate
“Martha Iris?”
I Know I Shouldn’t Put People in Boxes
Things I Left Behind in Boise, Poem 1:
Things I Left Behind in Boise, Poem 2:
Things I Left Behind in Boise, Poem 3:
Things I Left Behind in Boise, Poem 4:
Things I Left Behind in Boise, Poem 5:
Things I Left Behind in Boise, Poem 6:
When My Mother Takes an Ambien
The Worst Thing I Have Ever Done
The Best Thing Linus Ever Did
Driver’s License Daydreams
The Boat
I Don’t Like Lobster Anyway
Dominoes
Half-and-Half
Oyster River High School
The Leftover Lovers YouTube Performance #1
I Know I Like Him
A Feeling Like Falling
If Only We Could Be Together
America Runs on Dunkin’
Give Me a Break, Sam
Talking to Linus Is Depressing
BFF
HOME Is a Four-Letter Word
September 14–11:45 P.M.
Speaking of Good-Looking Guys
Thank God for Football
I Don’t Have a Dress to Wear
The Perfect Dress
J.D. Picks Me Up
Homecoming at OR
October 5–11:54 P.M.
I Close Mom’s Computer
Middle-of-the-Night Daydreams
Dinner
When I Was Little
When Dad Calls and I Answer
“You Cut Your Hair?”
Hairapy
Until
Family Hairstory
My Relatives Are Like Grapes on a Vine
Money
The Conversation
October 11–11:30 P.M.
Student Housing
A Bath at Last
I’ll Be Brief
Closing Camp
Bedtime
The Leftover Lovers YouTube Performance #2
What I Want to Do
A Package from Katie
October 27–12:02 A.M.
No One to Clink Glasses With
Katie Rants on the Phone
Regret
Frat Boys
Clothes
I Love Pizza
Motherly Advice for the Teenage Soul
Treats
Insight
My Birthday
Birthday Presents
At 3:20 That Afternoon Everyone Remembers
More Birthday Presents
Three Gifts Are in Blue-and-White Priority Mail Boxes
After Greta and Arthur Kiss Me Good Night
My Wish
After the Guests Have Gone
Kissing J.D.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow
I Inherited It
Would He Tell Me?
Procrastination
Maybe
The End
I Told My Mother
Now
The Next Best Thing to a Security Blanket
Morning
Peeking from Behind My Locker Door
I Take the Cup of Coffee
My Sweaters Arrive Parcel Post
I Open the Envelope Dad Sent
I Crumple It Up
Back to the Boxes
I Explain
Lambasted
Katie, You Don’t Understand
It Was Dumb. I Know.
What Best Friends Are For
Trapped
Home from School (Almost)
Change Is Good
I Try Making Friends
A Silent Thank-you Note
November 18–11:33 P.M.
Questions
Chasing Boys
Answering Machine Message from Linus
Baking Pies for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving at Aunt Greta’s
Like Clockwork
Blue Cafeteria Trays
How I Learned that the Cutest Jock at OR Had a Crush
S’mores
I Don’t Know Who Started It
Writer’s Block
J.D. and I
News to Me
In the Aftermath of Operation Girlfriend Defreak
3.1 Miles of Conversation
Megan
Telling Truths
Nickname
Opportunity Knocks
Overactive Imagination
Kissing as a Recreational Sport
Answering Machine Message from Dad
Because I Love Her
Memory
Illness
At the Bagel Shop
At the Laundromat
Change of Season
Friends with Benefits
Thank God
My Mother Is Wrong
Overheard
J.D. Knows to Avoid the Potholes
“Hi, Daddy!”
My Father Wraps Me in His Long Arms
Dad Doesn’t Lecture Me
Back at Our Apartment
Funny
In the Aftermath of Operation Sedate My Mother
Protesting
Escort
How I Got to the Bottom of Things
Realization
December 22–8:32 P.M.
My Good-byes
Holidaze
Christmas Dinner
Comfort
Back to Bed
In Bed
“I Am.”
