wider, says Camus,
McCarry's intrepid dental assistant.
The patient says something illegible.
McCarry squints his narrow eyes,
looks hard at the patient's molars.
there's certainly no meaning, he says.
Camus wipes away drivel, has a look
himself into the relevant maw.
there it is, he says pointing.
wider, says Camus,
McCarry's intrepid dental assistant.
the patient says something illegible.
McCarry squints his narrow eyes,
looks hard at the patient's molars.
there's certainly no meaning, he says.
Camus wipes away drivel, has a look
himself into the relevant maw.
there it is, he says pointing.
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—poet, husband, father, Texas Longhorn, gemini & gemini—is meticulously documenting the poker-faced adventures of Camus and McCarry.
We’ve published five other pieces by McBrearty: “the resistance,” “a relaxed state,” “the consumers,” “fishing,” and “A Tenuous Train Ride.”
