Sacrament of a Newborn Parchment
Matthew L. London
A man stands with his face towards a young tree. He thinks of garbage – condiment refuse. Two women hold 3 day old newspapers and look at the man. They draw leading men from Hollywood’s golden age in purple oil paint on page two and five. The man does an about-face and remembers the first time he had an erection. More men stand beside the young tree. The women become exhausted and use the newspapers to stuff in their shoes and put them on a metal folding chair for display. The men set the shoes on fire and recite the alphabet, leaving out the letters “D” and “W.” After the shoes become glowing embers, the women shout the Pythagorean Theorem and everyone takes turns improvising Anton Chekov scenes (not “Uncle Vanya”).
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