Tuesday, Wednesday, Could Be Thursday
He contradicts me, says it was Tuesday
not Wednesday, a correction I don’t appreciate
in the middle of my story in the middle of a party,
and I have proof right here on my phone—I can
stop to show him his own email, and then we can
all watch his eyes scramble for someplace safe
to land, we could see his shoulders sag, his face
flush, and I’d be alone with my bucket of right,
so heavy, stinking like a stopped-up kitchen sink.
© Victoria Melekian
Victoria Melekian grew up in Los Angeles and now lives with her husband in Carlsbad, California. Her poetry collection The Accidental Courage of Our Lives is available from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. Unhoused, Victoria’s novella-in-flash, won first place in the 2026 Bath Flash Fiction Novella-in-Flash Awards. For more, see her website: victoriamelekian.com
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