This selection, chosen by guest editor H.V. Cramond, is from Eldest Daughter: a Break-up Story by Megan Cannella (Porkbelly Press 2023).
Things I’ve said to both my mother and Taco Bell
Why are you closed when I need you?
What else are you doing at 11pm on a Sunday night when I have to drag myself home from the airport like a fool.
Just let me eat, will you?
You being this cheap can’t be good for me.
You being this cheap might be the only thing that has saved me some days.
Yes. This is what I want to eat. Yes. I’m sure.
Too much of you makes me sick.
Fiesta potatoes would make this better right now.
Why are you closed when I need you?
Why do I need you?
Yes! This is what I want to eat!
Why are you closed?
Fuck! Just let me eat, will you?
Why do I need you?
One more visit won’t kill me.
This is too much after all.
Why are you closed?
Megan Cannella (she/they) is a neurodivergent Midwestern transplant currently living in Nevada. They’re a Best of the Net and Pushcart nominated writer, with publications scattered across the internet. If you like this chapbook, go check out Megan’s others: Human Clocks (Nat 1 LLC), I Redact You, Too (Alien Buddha Press), and Confrontational Crotch (On Tap Publishing). When she’s not writing, you can find Megan reading smut, watching Bravo, and having opinions.
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