Remember in elementary school
when you had to give Valentine’s cards to everyone in class
but you’d try to find the one card in the batch
that maybe had the possibility of telegraphing something
a little bit *more* in it for your real crush?
And also you were 8 so it’s not like shit was gonna happen anyway.
“I got your card. I’m your girlfriend now.”
“Yay.”
(Literally nothing changes)
One year (second grade I think) we had to use fake names for some reason.
We drew the names out of a hat.
I got “Mitch.”
and was depressed because there were no movie heroes named that.
(Sorry Mitch)
—jason malmberg
Flommist Jason Malmberg is a simple man who believes in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art sometimes. Copyright © 2017 Jason Malmberg.
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