No A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H

Michael Smilovitch
2 min readJun 1, 2023

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So I’m in Uni. It’s two PM, post Intro to Lit. I’m snoozy.

My inky moonlit room is smoky. Toons on TV. I sink my tusks into non-nutritious mix — sour lollipops, mini mints, M&Ms.

Pop! Split!

Ow, nuts! My jowls, my poor tusk! It squirms twixt my lips. I try to join it to its now roomy roots. It slips. I pivot it in. It just won’t join.

I know now… I must pull it out. I try. I yoink, I ripost. No link. I twist it. It still sojourns in my lips, in my torso-top.

OK, I jilt it. I’m vim-y now. I must unroot you, runt! I will jolt out my tusk.

I spy my yo-yo. It’s my sport. I won’t swim, ski jump, or row, so I yo-yo. Look, I’m no virtuoso.

I link my wiry yo-yo plus my tusk to my kip (or, snoozy wink mill). I squirm, so I swill two sips rum. I’m woozy.

On two, I rip my yo-yo. Tusk zips out. I yowl, jowls pink.

Worn out, I slink into town. It’s stormy out. Six PM now. I slip, I’m lost. I mourn my lost tusk. I’m sorry, tusk.

Unruly mutts in snowsuits rip onionskins — quirky illusions I mistrust. I unkink my pupils. I stir, I roust. Snoozy? Moonlit room? No, it’s still two PM!

Wow, twist! I romp. My tusk, my jowls, I kiss my own lips. I spy my non nutritious mix — lollipops, mini mints, M&Ms. I’ll skip it.

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Took a while but there you go Jeremy. I wish you luck (emphasis on the I). Also delighted that I’ve worn you down into using Oxford commas.

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To follow our correspondence:
No A (Jeremy)
https://medium.com/@jeremy.ullman/no-a-69b82ebeb369

No A or B (Michael)
https://medium.com/@michael.smilovitch1/no-a-or-b-62109b2ff04

No A, B, or C (Jeremy)
https://medium.com/@jeremy.ullman/no-a-b-or-c-9fc2465c3bfe

No A, B, C, or D (Michael)
https://medium.com/@michael.smilovitch1/no-a-b-c-or-d-7d4c148a637

No A, B, C, D, or E (Jeremy)
https://medium.com/@jeremy.ullman/no-a-b-c-d-or-e-80f7eae6e8aa

No A, B, C, D, E, or F (Michael)
https://medium.com/@michael.smilovitch1/no-a-b-c-d-e-or-f-ad97c8e9debc

No A, B, C, D, E, F, or G (Jeremy)
https://medium.com/@jeremy.ullman/no-a-b-c-d-e-f-or-g-ffeb17a16a86

Jessica Hast via Unsplash

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