Bad Movie
We’d met the night before at a Meetup group for shy people. She told me she was Nigerian, just passing through, wanting to escape the punishing heat of her hometown and a family trauma.
JAKE
Sticky Note Aubade
Did you notice / how long I lingered, / my nose pressed against your neck,
Why I Use Self Checkout
“All those injuries, man. I can’t believe all those injuries. Think they can pull it out?”
!A Dried Cleaning!
(just policy) (station whistle) (loser diction)
Boo-Ya
My child, my child, my child, My child, My child, there are bobcats hiding
The Thing About Two-Time Freestyle Skateboard Champion Mike Osterman Is That If You Ask Him to Walk the Dog, You’ll Have Piss All Over Your House
Still, you are caught in Mike Osterman’s gravitational pull, like so many others.
The Way of the Poncho Cult
They want to know if Doug has a message for its devoted followers, if it’s a force of good or evil, if it has chosen Gerard as its prophet.