No Tacos at Sonic

By Kelly Nichols

Ocean Springs, MS

No Tacos at Sonic

Houses, buildings go by

My stationary, transparent face passes

them all. She says

“I want tacos from Sonic.”

Knot forms between eyes

Sigh.

No tacos at Sonic, and no gold

pajamas in the garage. She

has fear of public

wet people and hobbies

include popping zits, buying cookbooks,

hates to cook. Yellow

light, red light.

“There are no tacos at Sonic.”

 

Cokeaholic, fear of smoking

in front of dad, doesn’t

like movie theaters, and

encourages underage

sex.

“But you always get tostadas!”

Prefers wet vac over

Regular vacuum at 2 in

the morning.

“I get sandwhich toasters.”

Green light. Go.

Thinks all of brother’s

friends are sexual predators.

“Tostadas!”

 

“You don’t need someone

to drive you crazy,

when it’s in walking distance.”

 

"There are no tacos at Sonic."

 

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