You know the type:
Simple Simon dough-faced, blissfully ignorant,
in red plaid jacket and overalls,
buttoned cap like it’s holding his
bloody head on,
this Ed Gein lookalike
at St. Lawrence Market,
haggling with the nut lady
over bags of burnt pistachios
while the smelt-breathed fishmonger
a couple kiosks over
debones a giant grouper in under seven minutes
like a seasoned pro.
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Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author who lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work has been published both in print and online in such places as: The New York Quarterly, Red Fez, Evergreen Review, International Times, Himalaya Diary, Huffington Post, Blue Collar Review, GloMag, and The Oklahoma Review. He enjoys listening to the blues and cruising down the TransCanada in his big blacked out truck.
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