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Tag: short story

Comic of two women eating and conversing outside a McDonalds and a taco truck.
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The drive thru, the taco truck: a short story

by Rebeca Abidail Flores July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

A line of cars moves slowly towards the golden arches. I am in my car as part of the lunch-hour drive-thru line, it’s wrapping around the block like a hungry snake. I am a twenty-two-year-old pothead in need of a Big Mac. The ordering goes smooth.  ā€œOne Big Mac please with only one pickle. Small […]

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