Her Sapphic Subconscious

Therapist Penny Barber holds up the first ink blot. Kenzie Taylor tilts her head and says she sees two women leaning over a café table. Penny shows another card. This time Kenzie sees two women kissing. Every blot is the same. Two women. Always touching. Penny keeps her tone even, telling her the cards hold nothing but ink. Kenzie’s eyes flick between the shapes and the woman across from her. She admits she’s never let herself look at another woman that way before. Penny meets her stare, then says she’s a lesbian and that the room is safe. Kenzie feels the heat rise under her skin. She knows she needs proof she wants this. She leans forward and asks, straight out, if Penny will kiss her.