Zero Crib the 23rd is medically significant I bank with Chime and get paid up to two days early two days early I can eat something other than leftover canned menudo & tuna fish tossed in mustard & soy sauce two days early we can treat ourselves with cheeseburgers stacked on cheeseburgers I can restore my cell phone service two days early two days early I can not hear from anyone but debt collectors (you must make yourself accessible, you never know what an emergency may ask of you) two days early I can pay back Dave, Albert, and Cleo I can distract myself with good vibrations for a day wouldn’t it be nice / it would be so nice drink until I bloat and float above the heat of Tums-proof heart burn I can Hindenburg & hermit so hard we go quantum two days early you’ve never seen anything like it Barracuda Guarisco / C. C. Hannett / Kris Hall is a cheesesteak obsessed, bisexual crybaby who enjoys absurdity at varying levels. Barry is the author of several books in the Spuyten Duyvil Publishing universe, as well as Uncomfortable Music (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2021) and The Gold Boys are back in Gold Town (Really Serious Literature) co-authored with Joshua Robert Long. Nominated for Best Microfiction, he is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Really Serious Literature. He has had work placed with Maudlin House, giallo lit, Silent Auctions, Meow Meow Pow Pow and various others found under Entropy Mag's 'Where to Submit' list. He lives with his wife, Pilar, and doesn’t know what day it is. You can find him if you want to.
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