Literature
Toast
I push down the handle of the toaster.
Turn around, open fridge.
Find peanut butter.
Wait for toast to pop.
These motions are automatic; I am too busy thinking of you.
Toast pops.
Spread peanut butter.
Sit on couch and smile, because I remember you complaining about how squashed the cushions are.
Take bite.
I can’t taste it; instead, I feel the cold sweetness of strawberry ice cream on the day we went to the water park. I got a brain freeze, and you laughed.
Swallow.
The bite pushes against the black lace choker you made me, back when you were in your goth phase. You tell me now tha