Craig Fishbane

MEXICO

Only tourists

are at the bullfight

and they cheer

at the wrong times.

The matador

is caught off-guard

and I drink tequila

in silence.

Craig Fishbane is the author of On the Proper Role of Desire. His work has also appeared in New World Writing, The Fabulist, Hobart, Fiction Kitchen Berlin, Lunch Ticket and The Nervous Breakdown, as well as the Flash Fiction Funny anthology. He is a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize.

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