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HONORABLE MENTIONS Hairnets. Gloves. Aprons. Knives. Soup needs some love, says Allan. Amril’s grilling chicken. Carlos finishes the salads. One course down, three to go! Scarlet and Mai multiply cookie measures by ten, substitute cornmeal for scarce flour. I think of loaves and fishes. The clock ticks. Uh-oh! DoorDash picks up in fifteen! Kiss 108 […]

HONORABLE MENTIONS If you’ve been underground on the green line you know this sound. Shrill and squealing-screaming and hooting like some sort of wind instrument. The sound the train makes turning down the tunnel. I want to write it into a creature’s throat. Uninterrupted by the trains squealing-hooting torsion pages turn, words are spoken, texts […]

HONORABLE MENTIONS There it was–a building to go to. Inside was staff, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Showers to bathe and beds to sleep in like the story of «Madeline.» The building was there, available for homeless service all year round. It was not a permanent home but a temporary place. To get up and shower, […]