PECULIAR, MISSOURI

Scene 1: FARMER pulls his TRUCK over on a farm road, the scrape of gravel on a turned wheel sounds

FARMER turns to HORSE who is sitting passenger

HORSE

Do you tell your friends I’m a good kisser?

FARMER

Errr

HORSE straddles FARMER, her back pressed against the steering wheel of his TRUCK

FARMER leans in and HORSE tries to accept his tongue, FARMER’S braces feel hard against HORSE’S mouth

Scene 2: FARMER drops HORSE off in the southernmost part of the field, drives away in his TRUCK

HORSE starts her long walk back with three adderall pressed into the mud of her front right hoof

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Originally published in discount guillotine

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Brooke Spalding lives and writes in Kansas City, Missouri. Her work has appeared  in discount guillotine, Always Crashing, phoebe, and Tampa Review, among others. She was nominated for Best of the Net in 2023.