Bottoms Up

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