Tha was reallyodd he muttereddusting scales lengths of
rustcoloured papery onionskin out of his hair with his fingers
Comeuppance said a mariachi
Ohno possibly miraculous
NO Not when considering your
wastebeing someone who prides himself Waste not want not Youve been a wastrel
Take tha
Tha Whadahell
Yah
Whadahell Nowya got a mess to cleanup
on the kitchen floor crackscrevasses
the counters range the hood on his shoulders in his clothing down his back papery onionskin
at first out of the corner of his eyelike a
snowflake he saw something fall
it hit the floor
he stepped over to itstooped
piece of onionskin
Whadahells this Tunic he read thaswha its called not a
week ago
he touched his finger to his
tongue daubedup the skin inspected
it it was onionskin
Huuh
he went over to the trash opened
it flicked the skin off his finger with his thumb into the waste closed it
the shallow pot on the stove
where he was reheating coffee began making noise a ssshh steam beginning to rise
crossing back to
it he turned off the electric burner pickedup a ceramic cup decorated with
pawprints and opposite two blackcats blueeyes silhouetted against the overall wrap
of a skyblue field
a piece of rust onionskin
shuttledfell into it
he looked up at the textured
offwhite ceiling
it darkened like an oncoming Midwest
storm
an intense flurry of onionskin occurred
then as quick as it began the room began to brighten rusthaloes round
the light fixtures brightening as the onionskins thinned thinned then ceaseddesisted
everywhere in the kitchen
shambles
mariachi Got your work cut out for you this morning
even before you had your coffee
Please nearly
begging
You may not have known theyre an
excellent source of vitamins antioxidants flavonoids particularly quercetin which
is a potent antioxidant anti-inflammatory which particularly for you anti-inflammatories are beneficial
Yes
Yes
I did not know
Now ya do
So when you get this mess cleanedup bag
em Do not throw them away Ill also note you washed the floor yesterday
A little dirt wont
hurt
smartass mariachi
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