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My first afternoon at the bar my boss told me to drink my mistakes, which I did, which caused me to make more mistakes, which…
First came Dublin, porter and rain, longshoremen and short-arsed chancers. Everyone drunk and not giving a damn—feckless, they called it—a breath away from losing grip….
Afterward smelled like death, which smelled like morphine, which smelled like raspberry, which I’ve never liked. These artificial fruit smells—chemical esters volatile and ripe—they smell…
The other maids tuck and dream, while they pick up M&M wrappers and thongs. Dreaming when they leave what will never be enough towels, not…
I think about Dawn or CVS brand dish soap. I think “This one?” I think, “Yes, Cottonelle. Yes, clean-feeling ass.” I think, ,about sneezing but…
I had offered the house to a community theatre group for a rehearsal. I watched them rehearse one long scene and then, though it had…