It's What It Is

It’s what it is: my life is a raccoon wedding officiated by a toaster.
It’s what it is: my life is a dream inside a burrito inside a courtroom.
It’s what it is: my life is a therapy in meme format.
It’s what it is: my life is a series of messenger pigeons suiciding elsewhere.

Sarp Sozdinler has been published in Electric Literature, Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, Wigleaf, and Pithead Chapel, among other journals. His work has been selected or nominated for anthologies including the Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and Best Microfiction. He edits the literary journal The Bulb Region. He can be found online @sarpsozdinler or at www.sarpsozdinler.com