Mickie Kennedy (he/him) is a gay writer who resides in Baltimore County, Maryland with his family and a shy cat that lives under his son's bed. A Pushcart Prize nominee, his work has appeared or is forthcoming in Gulf Coast, Colorado Review, Threepenny Review, Nimrod, and elsewhere. He earned an MFA from George Mason University.

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Smoke break

By MICKIE KENNEDY

My mother smokes camels.
The animal, not the cigarettes.