COLLEGE AND OSSINGTON
by Scott McIntyre

Woman. Flowers in hand. Standing on the side of the street. Heat waves flowing up like snowflakes fall down. Sees a Man. Across the street. Flowers on her dress. He’s in shirtsleeves. Sandals. No flowers. Summer sun baking the concrete deep beige. Eyes lock. Gaze returned. Checks her watch. A streetcar rumbles between them. Blurred red. Stripes. A car stops and smiling he gets in. For both of them, the whole encounter feels similar to, but not exactly the same as, being trapped inside a haiku.

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Scott McIntyre lives in Toronto with his wife daughter and beagle. The beagle is named Nano. He has had published in numerous places online and on paper in Descant Magazine, Crank and Regina Weese (forthcoming).

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