things inside my fridge

by Natalie Nee

Five bottles of almost-empty hot sauce, an oil-stained to-go box of empanadas, a gifted psilocybin chocolate bar I’m saving for a rainy day, organic Dijon mustard, wilting kale I bought with the best of intentions, horseradish mustard, whole grain mustard since I’m apparently a mustard maniac, a half wheel of Costco-sized Brie that I’d planned to polish off for dinner, cage free eggs, Dad’s favorite grapefruit juice I bought for his upcoming visit (the one his pharmacist failed to mention would be dangerous to take with his new heart medication), two pounds of ground beef and marinara that I hope will be enough for this unexpected family dinner, and a $7 bottle of wine to make a toast in his honor

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BIO: Natalie Nee is a novelist, photographer, and latte enthusiast. Her writing has appeared in Across the Margin (Best of Across The Margin, 2023), Maudlin House, Cowboy Jamboree Press, BULL, Tiny Wren Lit, The Hooghly Review, and elsewhere. Her photography has been featured in Door is a Jar Literary Magazine, Rejection Letters, 3Elements Review, and on the cover of Pithead Chapel. She's cooler on Twitter (@novelnatalie).