at the dollar store

by Erik Peters

Inflatable rubber, whose electric colours betray their unnatural production and remind me that they will live on in landfills for millennia.

Dada! Dada!

Inflatable rubber, whose electric colours dance in your eyes and remind me that your mother will live on in our lifeline for millennia.

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BIO: Erik Peters is a father and avid mediaevalist from Vancouver, Canada. His writing is influenced by late antiquity, his family, and his students. Erik has been featured in Coffin Bell, Zoetic, Takahe, Beyond Literary Words, and Thirty West. You can check out all Erik's work at erikpeters.ca.