Excuse Me I Say

Excuse me. 
There’s a lion on your back, I say.
The girl laughs.
Thinking I am kidding.
It’s probably my boyfriend, she says.
I have been carrying him on my back for a long time.
It is her last laugh.
I run away as she is devoured.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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