Bill Rush: ‘Bette Davis’ and ‘Oxygen Junkie’

Bill Rush: ‘Bette Davis’ and ‘Oxygen Junkie’

At the Movies Bette Davis She was the sort of girl who’d scare off any man—her acid asides finding their marks like arrows. Bette’s the name she chose, after Cousin Bette, Balzac’s bitter spinster. She held her cigarettes with elegance as if she had a packet of Virginia Slims beside her in the cradle. Her popping neurotic eyes live on in memory, haloed forever, in clouds of smoke. Bill Rush Oxygen Junkie One day I’ll give it away. Cold turkey. O…