Fiction

Easy

KEGAN MCFADDEN

From “Parlour Games,” excerpted in one cool word.

it’s easy:

you pour a mug of beer

& then a shot of bourbon.

you light a match

. . . a wood match . . .

& you drop it in the glass

drop the shooter into the beer

& then pound it back

if your face catches fire,

you’ve done it wrong & should

probably not attempt any other

parlour games

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KEGAN MCFADDEN

Kegan McFadden’s most recent publication is everything i heard while not listening to what you had to say . . . (As We Try & Sleep Press). He lives in Winnipeg.


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