by Benjamin Niespodziany
He ordered
the borscht.
She ordered
the whale.
The restaurant
was empty
except for these two,
a guy with nine
fingers and a girl
with the tenth
in her purse.
They rehearsed
their lines
and tried again.
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Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer whose work has appeared in Bennington Review, Fence, Conduit, Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere. He has one book of micros out with X-R-A-Y and one book of poems out with Okay Donkey. Along with hosting the Neon Night Mic reading series, he also recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at neonpajamas.com.
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