7.22.2008

Poor Snuffie

by Doug Mathewson
85 words



We needed warmer costuming for our travels to the north. The money was already spent on on plane tickets, art supplies, and snacks.

A gift from above - 50% off coupons from “Bargain Barn” came just in time! Always fashion forward, we choose the blackest of ultra-soft vests.

At check out time my wife says “these things are so soft, I bet they’re made out of muppetts!”

Eyebrow piercings scrunched together as our clerk slowly read the label, ‘no mam, says here it’s all acrylic”.




Doug Mathewson writes very short fiction that occasionally changes of its own volition into poetry or essay forms.

Most recently he has been published by The Boston Literary Magazine, Doorknobs & Body Paint, Pen-Pricks, e-Muse-zine, riverbabble, Six Sentences and Tuesday Shorts. His current project, True Stories From Imaginary Lives, can be found at www.little2say.org




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