The Absinthe
unlocked the door,
slipping her long legs
into the closed coffee shop.
Three o’clock and five o’clock look
awfully similar on a Saturday
during quarantine. Money is not a metaphor
for emotional stability. I kept my job
by mopping sanity off the floor. She is my green toast
to the only time I’ve walked
home from a coffee shop drunk,
imbibed with a year in ruin.
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Favorite drink: Coffee Martini
Add coffee, Kahlua and Irish cream together and enjoy a night cracking open that dusty book you bought six months ago and have yet to read.
Maryland born but Florida bred, Alex Gurtis is a poet and journalist based in Orlando. His work has appeared in W&S Quarterly, EcoTheo Review, Rejection Letters, and others. Alex is a MFA candidate at the University of Central Florida and currently serves as the reviews editor for HASH.
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image: Jade Hawk
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