Per Olvmyr
I hold an unpeeled carrot.
It feels slightly hairy.
I could let it go.
But it feels like it has a
gnarly grip on me.
So I drop the carrot.
In the sink.
I leave it there.
Tiny little carrot hairs are growing in my hand.
Per Olvmyr lives in Malmö, Sweden, and has been published by Evergreen Review, Bombay Literary Magazine, Glänta, Takahē, Baltimore Review and other magazines. His work was nominated for Best Small Fictions and Best of the Net.
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