You peered into me while chewingJuicy Fruit—pulling out & undressinganother strip from foil & placing itinto my mouth. You were sixteen.I was the twelve-year-old boywho wore a ragged red-sox cap& hand-me-down overalls,in constant awe of […]
Category: Drinking Buddies
The Subject of Space (Heaps)
The surgeon, after his second date with Marisa, seemed sheepish about the more gruesome facts of his work — When she wanted to know if the surgeon could bear the jolts of electricity when he […]
Inheritance (J. Bradley)
Mom prayed that the little brother or sister in her belly would be better than me and I get why because I have more of my dad in me than my mom and unlike my […]
15 pack of ice cold Busch Light (Sheldon Birnie)
Win or lose; winter, spring, summer or fall; asphalt still warm as the sun lingers in the west or in the face of a brutal north wind, suds freezing to slush faster than you can […]
Sea Breeze (Paige Olivia Roberts)
Sea Breeze: 1 1/2 oz Vodka 3 oz Cranberry juice 1 1/2 oz Grapefruit juice Garnish with a lime wedge While the Kennedy’s sit across the bar and sip on their dignified signature cocktail, go […]
Rum and coke. Rum heavy on the vanilla, coke light on the bubbles. A fistful of ice. (Charlotte Newbury)
Remember the summer I learnt how to bake? Remember my horoscope warning about giving and giving and never once considering the taste. We were learning that too much vanilla was possible. That it was easier […]
