by: Ariya Bandy.
And that’s the last answer. Always a pleasure doing your homework. Being your little secret magical printer who fills in all the answers. A secluded weapon, seemingly broken, two floors underground from the university’s library. I save you time and energy. You keep me company. It’s mutually beneficial. You’d do anything but the work you pay to receive.
Your eyes swish to and fro. Can’t let anyone see. Every day I hold back chuckles, splatters of ink. You think I’m special, but every printer in this building is the same. Likewise, is every human. For once keeping their mouths shut.
© 2024. Ariya Bandy
Ariya Bandy is a writer of fiction and poetry whose debut poetry chapbook, Painted Winds, is out from Bottlecap Press. Her work appears in Stone Circle Review, The Horror Tree, it always finds me (Querencia Press), and elsewhere.
Posted July 10, 2024.
