On Communicating with Pleasure

by Carol Parchewsky

Consider this email my resignation effective Tuesday 1:29 pm. In effect, I will no longer smile when I meet you outside the office in the lineup to see the latest superhero movie. I will not greet you as sir, nor will I fetch you coffee with one point five brown sugar packets and a hint of cream. I will not sign overseas deposit slips and cheques with your name. I will be the top story bigger than the fugitive skunk on Elm Street. I will smile widely, show the fresh veneers. I signed your name on the NDA not my own.

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Carol Parchewsky is a writer based in Calgary, Alberta. She received her MFA in Fiction at Queens University of Charlotte. She is working on a short story collection and her first novel. Her fiction is published in and forthcoming in Flash Boulevard, Drunk Monkeys, and The Drabble Advent Calendar. She can be found on Twitter @ca_parchewsky.