The Dirty Napkin

Poetry • Fiction • Letters

Submissions for Volume 4.1, Winter 2011 (21 December 2010) will be accepted until 15 November 2010

About the Author

Prairie L. Markussen lives and writes in Chicago, IL. She was recently laid off and is using this time to fuel her creativity in all ways possible. She has been published in various literary journals, including the Fiddlehead, Louisiana Literature, Epicenter, and Rattle.

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On the horizon

Prairie Markussen

for Ron, after losing our jobs

I'm not,
and I haven't been,
and I'm taking it,
so there's no rush to.
And I don't feel that,
except when I do
and then it's too
and I can barely.
I'm not sure of
or whose idea it
and [ . . . ]

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