Bottoms Up
by Michael Dylan Welch, Julie Emerson,
Lynne Jambor, Brenda Larsen, Jacquie Pearce, Angela Naccarato, and Vicki McCullough First published in Prune Juice #25, July 2018, page 69. Written 14 April 2018 at the Shaughnessy Restaurant, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, after the first day of the 2018 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s Sakura Days Japan Fair. At the bottom is a photo by Jacquie Pearce of me reading the finished product. pinning the tail . . . a smoothie spilled at the birthday party Michael the same coffee cup her lover drank from Julie he chugs the last of the club soda . . . designated driver Lynne scotch & water the taste of metal Brenda mai tai on the beach she takes a sip from her daydream Jacquie the night is now over Angela Moscow mule Vicki |