SAUNA
by Heather Sweeney
SAUNA
The sauna is my favorite place on this planet. Please don’t talk on your phone in here. I will lose my shit, no joke. I’m a Virgo, just so you know and astrology never sleeps. What gets me is not the noise but the repetition. What gets me is that this is the way things are now.
THE YEAR OF THE PIG
by Heather Sweeney
THE YEAR OF THE PIG
I’m at Costco buying a vegetable tray for a faculty party I do not want to go to. Trying not to have a panic attack. I’m in charge of appetizers. I’m the plastic palm tree by the giant televisions. A cold pepperoni pizza sample. I’m the year of the Pig and everyone is laughing.
Heather Sweeney
Michigan native, Heather Sweeney is a Virgo who lives in San Diego where she teaches writing. Her chapbook, Just Let Me Have This, was published this year by Selcouth Station Press. above/ground press will publish her chapbook, Same Bitch, Different Era in 2019.