Ricky Garni
Salt'npepperphobia
The NYT says that a mouse that runs the equivalent of a 5K race
in one hour every day will maintain a lustrous shine to the coat without
a hint of '"salt 'n pepper", have substantial vigor and pep, and will have
gonads that do not atrophy at 12 months of age while the mouse
that does not run a 5K race every day will be suffered atrophied
gonads and be as dead as a doornail by 12 months while yesterday
a mouse at the gym dropped a barbell on its toe and wondered why
it would do such a thing and then realized it was for the love because
this huge guy came up to it right afterwards and said OUCH that must
have REALLY hurt and then put his arm around his tiny mouse shoulder
as he helped me into the ambulance
Bio
Ricky Garni is a graphic designer living in Carrboro, North Carolina. His work can be found in Evergreen Review, Camel Saloon, Used Furniture Review, Orion Headless and other places. His latest work, January, is a sequel to his earlier work, December. Although it could be the other way around, with a lot of space in between.