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A Mayonnaise Is Not Brown
Krammer Abrahams
Boots Walking in America thought of what it takes to be a man in a calm
world. He looked at his penis and said, "I'm a dick." He did not touch
his penis. His hands were dirty. He would be eating a sandwich soon. He
could see a store up the road. He would be eating a sandwich in the
store up the road. A woman named Cynthia would make his sandwich. He
enjoyed the shape of her trimmed nails as she put her fingers on the
vegetables he would set inside his mouth. She wore plastic gloves. Her
earrings were made of a sort of whale bone. The people who worked at
the store wouldn't make him wash his hands before he ate his sandwich
but he would. He did not need anyone to tell him when he should wash
his hands.
The floor was brown.
"Someone should wash the floor," thought Boots Walking in America. A
mommy told her child not to babynoise the lunch hour. The baby was not
a full grown man so it would have been wrong for Boots Walking in
America to beat on the child. The woman named Cynthia wrapped up the
sandwich and then Boots Walking in America unwrapped it. He was a big
object and his dick did not concern him much at all while he ate lunch
with his dirty hands. Boots Walking in America wasn't sure how he
forgot to wash his hands. There was a good amount of mayonnaise leaking
off the bread on to his chin and wrists. He looked at Cynthia. He was a
little bitter that she put so much mayonnaise on his sandwich. Boots
Walking in America smeared the mayonnaise on his shirt. He remembered
napkins. He wiped his shirt with a napkin. He did not pout. A mommy was
being nasty with her voice toward her baby object. She verbally
diminished her own child's ability. Boots Walking in America sucked on
mayonnaise and remained calm.
Krammer Abrahams has had stories in Everyday Genius, elimae, Lamination Colony, Action, Yes and others.
To link to this story directly: http://wigleaf.com/201102brown.htm
Detail of photo on main page courtesy
of LeoDrawings.
w i g · l e a F
02-28-11
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