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Parable from Hell 2

Cotton Xenomorph
poetry

BY CARMEN BRADY

I know this is hell because the sun is perfect and the two beautiful women on their morning run smile and wave.


Everything smells like jasmine and there is nothing wrong.


I black out. When I come to, I am standing upright again at the corner of state and main. The two beautiful women on their morning run smile and wave.


Everything smells like jasmine and there is nothing wrong.

Carmen E. Brady is a writer and artist living in the rural southwestern US. Her work has appeared in print and online. She is the writer and illustrator of several zines and books, including "Cloud County" (2021) and "Someday I'm Going to be So So Happy" (2fast2house 2017).

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