The Fiddleback

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genesis words ≥ pointed words ≥ ambitious words ≥ get shit done words ≥ words that come with stock options ≥ going somewhere words ≥ vagrant words ≥ ambivalent words ≥ words without a cause ≥ words without a pot to shit in ≥ words that wear a monocle ≥ my what big words you have ≥ obviously thesaurus words ≥ sumptuous words ≥ dripping wet words ≥ words that swallow ≥ begin in the bedroom and end with three babies words ≥ old school words ≥ your mama's words ≥ words that wear a cardigan and wipe their feet before stepping in the house words ≥ nonsense words ≥ a little freaky words ≥ words that collect their fingernails and toenails in separate piles words ≥ dirty words ≥ words that were made to suck on soap as children often words ≥ words that rhyme with buck and bunt ≥ shy words ≥ words that blush and stutter ≥ versatile words ≥ carry a Swiss Army knife words ≥ MacGyver words ≥ revolutionary words ≥ subvert the system from the inside words ≥ words that say Solid! ≥ proletariat words ≥ humble words ≥ words that never reach retirement ≥ hoity toity words ≥ bourgeois words ≥ words that do Pilates ≥ words that own poodles ≥ industrial words ≥ manifest destiny words ≥ tear down parks to build parking lots words ≥ words that build worlds ≥ holy words ≥ last words ≥ no words

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Matthew Burnside's work has appeared most recently or is forthcoming in kill author, Birdfeast, PANK, Juked, elimae, Contrary, Pear Noir!, decomP, NAP, and Danse Macabre, among others. He is managing editor of Mixed Fruit, an online literary magazine. Beginning in the fall, he will be an MFA fiction candidate at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

 

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