(cover art by Julienne Bay)
SPACE ME LIKE LAIKA
When I think of what I’m most jealous of
I think of Russian space junk
Satellites shot into the atmosphere
Laika burning up or lost, careening
cosmic software in need of updates
That famous photo of earth taken from
6-billion kilometres away
Indifference like CAA auto insurance
Uselessness like a store dedicated
to fidget spinners at the Dufferin Mall
*title was stolen from a Tinder profile
AMERICAN THANKSGIVING
“I’ll see if my bitch-ass family is available,”
says the man with the knuckle tattoos
before exiting the train
with his girlfriend
It was American Thanksgiving
not too long ago
Around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019
HUMIDITY
On my way home
they were rolling a corpse out
of the seniors’ facility;
I didn’t see the body, it was wrapped
in a thick, white cover
—it was such a humid night
Aug. 13, 2019, 12:55 a.m.
—
Josh Sherman has not been published in Granta.
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