So Many Things Happened Last Night

by Matthew Mahaney

I started to forget the idea I had about the plastic city. A city made entirely of plastic. I forgot what I was going to call it, which meant that I also forgot what the people living there would be called. I couldn’t remember whether it would be land-locked or on the ocean. I even forgot the things I hadn’t decided on yet, like how many people it would hold. Whether the animals would stay away, and if not, where they would sleep.

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Matthew Mahaney is currently in the MFA program at The University of Alabama, and editor of the online magazine Double Shiny.