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They Called Teri to Bring Over Some Rolling Papers

July 1, 2024 By Jeff Harvey

They Called Teri to Bring Over Some Rolling Papers

After that, Jimmy knocked over a candle during his air guitar performance of “Wild Thing.” They drenched the shag carpeting using the yard hose, opened windows, and squirted Lemon Pledge in every room, but couldn’t get rid of that smell of melting plastic.

After that, they piled into Teri’s van, smoked another joint, and drove to Piggly-Wiggly and bought snacks, vodka, and strawberry room deodorizer. They were short three bucks and had to put back the room deodorizer and butter pecan ice cream. As they crawled into the van, a lady wearing a turban and gold dress approached, and asked to borrow five dollars. Teri handed her remaining change to the lady, and they watched as she flagged down a pick-up, jumped into the front seat, and sped away.

After that, they went back to Jimmy’s and made macaroni and cheese in a five-gallon pot. The odor from the earlier fire was still strong, so Teri sprayed around some of Jimmy’s Old Spice. Elvis’s “Love Me Tender” played in the background as the crew sat in a circle, eating and eating until the pot was empty, leaving them still wanting more.

About Jeff Harvey

Jeff Harvey lives in Madrid and edits Gooseberry Pie LIt. His work recently appeared in trampset, Bright Flash Literary Review, Bull, and Moon City Review.

Artist Credit:

Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/ graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.

Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
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