The Slid Gap
by faintnaomi
· 19/01/2026
Published 19/01/2026 16:39
The light in here is a flickering tube.
I counted the change on the folding table
but my thumb went numb in the heat.
It hit the tile with a dull sound
and slid where I couldn't follow.
It’s wedged in the grease and the lint
under the belly of number fourteen.
A 1998 face staring up through the black oil.
The heavy cycle needs one more
but the machine is too heavy to move.