Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 23, 2026

Cottage Country

By Ryan Quinn Flanagan

Cottage Country

Do you ever see things in the carpet
or just out of the side of your eye?

I ask.

You mean, that aren't there?
he asks.

I didn't say that.

You drink too much!

he laughs.

You've drank more than me,
I say.

I drink too much!
he laughs.

Punching me on the shoulder
as he orders another
round.







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