I’m too young to have heard of Dorothy Parker.
If you ask me what a martini is, I will say it’s
Tom Thumb’s smaller cousin, Martin.
If you ask me what is under
my
host,
I will
say
my
Catholic tongue.
This appeared in the May 2014 issue.
Patrick Warner is a poet, novelist, and librarian. He lives in St. John's.
Joren Cull is an illustrator and animator. A Brief History of Goth, which he directed, received a 2017 Webby Award for best animation.
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