My Cardboard Balcony

Eucalyptus Candle by Belinda Roddie It smells like a potential fireball kissing California's already burned bones with smoky lips and the sickly taste of gasoline I told you to cut those bastards down before they grew into dysfunctional families but now I let the wax remind me of colder winters that I long for more than anything else

"Hey, did you ever see the Gondola Brothers movie?" "Yeah, like, five years ago." Livvy gave me a look. "Did you know they're making a sequel?" I lowered my stein in simultaneous confusion and disgust. Behind me, a large man belched in the middle of biting into his sandwich. It was a rather nasty sound. "Why the Hell would they want to write a sequel to that?" I demanded. "Gee, I dunno, dude. Money?"