Sunday Micro Fiction: Fifty Words from Five
bubble
sandwich
etude
cello
salubrious
UsageTo my mom, they are bubble-head dolls. Squeeze sings “Pulling Muscles from Michelle.” Golfers shoot out of bunkers using a “sand-wich,” and Caesar said, “Etude, Brute.” At rehab, I greet her with “Cello.” She says, “It’s so-lubrious here.” Salubrious, I want to tell her, but resist. Nothing can stop her.

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