Atlas and Alice, Issue 20
Edie Meade
American Wisdom [American sentences] A greased glass jar under each leg of the crib frustrates the scorpions. Get you a man who shakes out pantlegs, who inspects seams, who takes his time. Writes you in American sentences: consecutive, no chance of parole. The second child hits different than the first – don’t get me started. A rainbow baby against a blue sky is still a little bit blue. Get some Blue Blockers if you want to see, or not, I’m not one to judge. A house of glass jars, you better believe it my shoes stay on indoors. Vaseline is a byproduct of offshore oil rig pumps — get you some. Good for windburn, preventing diaper rash, keeping the scorpions down. From time to time I feel like shaking my can, spray-painting some pallets. It’s all for sale, American flag décor on Facebook Marketplace. Get you some jelly jars, good for wedding receptions and scorpions. You never know unless you check for carbon monoxide or radon. Men are always hiding dismembered bodies in basement crawlspaces. That’s what they say in details at eleven: he was the quiet type.
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