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paramedic
PARAMEDIC Three bodies riddled and he couldn't save them all. Not enough to go around. One, two, three. Which one? Who should live and who shouldn't? He judged them by their faces, their sex, their holed clothing, and the shape of their fingernails. Who looked worse? And he decided. The other two might make it. to the hospital. They just might. But this one, his one the chosen, would not. For sure, would not, he thought, snapping on his glove.
tempted
Tempted, he comes twice a day upon a memory of a porch, a skirt, a bobbing leg, a gin and tonic with extra lime, a bobbing leg, a glimpse, a smile.
mustard
TASTY CONDIMENT first he put mustard on his hot dog, then on his hamburger then in his potato salad then on some scrambled eggs then in his hand soap then on the cat, then on his pillow then in his picture frames then on his upper lip then on his penis, then on his 1040 EZ form, then on his hope for the future.
startled
PLACES YOU CAN SCREAM in the backyard startling the birds at the dinner table startling the kids in the pool startling the lifeguards in the museum startling the patrons at the altar startling the intended in the courtroom startling the jurors in the lifeboat startling the survivors
lack
Top, Cowboy, Bowler, Baseball, Porkpie, Coonskin, Boater, Deerstalker, Hard. None of them looked good on him because he had no passion or head.
harness
Electric Man stands by the pole his hand on the pole his other in the sky pointing at the storm “Here we go. Here we go.” He will become famous for this this lightning capture, this surge into his muscles, this reshaping of molecules, this origin story, though it will kill him before he superheroes. Clothes burned up, wallet smoking, leaving only an open-mouthed smile. the papers name him Electric Man