by Noel Sloboda
73 words
Don decided he wanted to become a Pez dispenser. It wasn’t just fame he was after. He liked the idea of standing alongside the likes of the Lone Ranger, Darth Vader, and Shmoo.
Don resolved to demonstrate his worthiness by a shoving a world-record-setting number of Easter eggs into his mouth. He reached a count of 37 before he had to stop.
Then he tilted his head to release the bright bounty inside.
Noel Sloboda lives in Pennsylvania, where he serves as dramaturg for the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival and teaches at Penn State York. His writing has appeared in venues based in the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada. Look for recent work in Chronogram, Vulcan, Keyhole Magazine, bottle rockets, Gentle Strength Quarterly, Poems Niederngasse, and Pen Pusher. He is also busy with a collection forthcoming from sunnyoutside.
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