AM:23

After a night of terrible sleep, Tess awoke to the realization that cows become meat, though they eat none, and the same goes for vegetarians.

She drank her coffee with extra cream and no sugar. The black linen dress hanging on the wall of the coffee house aspired to belong to a little girl, size six.

A man spoke into a cell phone. He said, Since I met you, baby, I’ve never been the same.

Another man said to a child, Where are you going, you bug? Don’t make me squeeze your little paws, you bug.