A Texas mother
brought Jello shots
to her fifth grader’s classroom
Christmas party, irritating
the children’s stomachs
as well as their doting parents,
in almost equal measure.
Reports included dizziness
and vomiting. One of the kids
passed out. The mother claimed
she purchased the shots
on Facebook Marketplace,
proving, once again,
that social media is
evil and dangerous
and should be abolished
for society’s greater welfare.
Calls to Mark Zuckerberg
were not immediately returned,
but the mother was arrested.
Justice does prevail,
even in Texas.
Leah Mueller's work is published or forthcoming in Rattle, Writers Resist, Beach Chair Press, NonBinary Review, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Citron Review, New Flash Fiction Review, Does It Have Pockets, Outlook Springs, Your Impossible Voice, etc. She has received several nominations for Pushcart and Best of the Net. One of her short stories appears in the 2022 edition of Best Small Fictions. Her fourteenth book, "A Pretty Good Disaster" is forthcoming from Alien Buddha Press in Summer, 2025. Website: http://www.leahmueller.org.
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