smearthe moon stopped burning for a fifth of Evan Williams. promised free booze and fifty dollars “Stumbling Joe” traded fists with three fraternity pledges. trophies of teeth and fear were flaunted, smiles dusted free of innocence. death fit its jagged tongue inside the faltering laughter of witness ... Originally appeared in Gloom Cupboard and is included in The Mattress Parlor by Colin Gilbert (Scribble Fire Press, 2011). |
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