If there’s anything worth being grateful for it’s the
wrinkles of a person you’re not obligated to love.
I would like to set up shop in your wrinkles. A burger shop,
to be exact. This may irritate your pores but I think that’s only fair enough
because your pores will irritate me even though I love you.
Nobody will come for a burger because my burgers will taste
like shit. But the beer will be good, I’ll dose it with your sweat. All of my
customers will grow to love you too and we’ll have Karaoke Fridays. The waiters
won’t make much but they’ll be happy.
I won’t be able to pay the loan back that I took out to open
the burger spot in your wrinkles. I’ll get lots of mail about it. Red letters.
They’ll take my shop from me. They’ll take you from me too. It will be worth
it, though, and I will be grateful for the time spent.
Cavin Gonzalez is a twenty-two year old graduate from the
University of Central Florida. He is the prose editor for SOFT CARTEL, book
reviewer for Pidgeon Holes, and was selected for inclusion in "The Best Micro
Fiction of 2018" anthology.
