BABY’S FIRST OYSTER

AMANDA STROTHER

THE APPROACH The 6 p.m. sun was blazing down on me, the bus was due in nine minutes, and I was googling “how to eat an oyster.” Were they already loose in their little shells or would I have to pry them out with that tiny spoon? Would they even give me a tiny spoon? What if they were not pre-loosened and I sat in the restaurant tipping my head as far back as it would go, an oyster not dropping into my mouth, and everyone in Jacqueline oyster bar knew that it was my first time? Would the imaginary onlookers prefer that I squeezed the lemon wedge over all of the oysters immediately or that I doled out one drop at a time, blessing each one just before I…

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