Sheree Shatsky

Traffic Ahead

A man mean with daughters

hustles girls into a Faulkner cart.

A dog yaps a bad break.

***

Organic

Ma

slices an egg

and

glory be,

there’s a baby girl

hands wringing

tense intense intensely.

Sheree Shatsky is the author of the novella-in-flash Summer 1969 (Ad Hoc Fiction 2023). She is a contributor to MAINTENANT 17: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art ‘PEACEFIRE’ (Three Rooms Press 2023). Read more at shereeshatsky.com and connect on Twitter @talktomememe .