Time Off
2025-Nov-25 • Brad Rose
Thanks to my domesticated woolly mammoth, I’ve been stuck in a sheepish fashion rut. What kind of cockamamie idea is it to get a subterranean haircut for my Mediterranean mustache? I talked it over with my life coach and she said I should remain in the friend zone and not get any funny ideas. So, I threw myself a going away party and began running as fast as I could. Of course, for the dead, everything is a lot worse, but at least they’re optimistic. Although their story has too many sides, suffice it to say that each penny is worth only one cent. You can see it as plain as the eggs on my face. In fact, now that there are so many things happening all at once, you have to wonder why they’re not reciprocated? You know, like when you rob somebody and they refuse to rob you back. You’d think by now, that kind of behavior would have won a Noble peach prize. Or, at the very least, time off for good behavior.
Brad Rose
Brad Rose is the author of five collections of poetry and flash fiction and the forthcoming volume, WordInEdgeWise. His blog is https://bradrosepoetry.com/blog