Waving Solace Off
By Heikki Huotari
if aurora borealises are any indication the extraterrestrials are at peace and the
definition of life is accordingly revised the random acts and I are independent
and identically distributed so sing it sideways what’s a wandering eye
or appendage to do you may arrange yourself triumvirate in any of six ways a
moving average and a married bachelor manifested on a cloudless day but with
permission now you’ll know them by the solace they wave off or by the
minotaur designed by their committee the committee on rereading the report
says it’s alive and the committee on rereading the report suggests that I imagine
I’m attached to some front runner by a bungee cord I answer that the sunset was
exquisite then it wasn’t I’m a fool
This story originally appeared in Stonecoast Review Issue 18.
Photo by Jonathan Pie.