I was nominated for this $50,000 prize—it gave me a lot of hope through the summer—but the jury didn’t care for my writing so they gave it to Holland Cotter and Siddhartha Mitter instead.
“THE CAGED BIRD”
My friend says his first love snapped her pet canary’s neck in front of him when they were together
in her bedroom
He says the sex with her was really good
Now she is a programmer in Canada
Had to call up UPS today and, as I was passed around its hopeless chambers, a dulcet voice recording assured me that UPS remains wholly operational despite “the Ongoing Event.”