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MacQueen’s Quinterly: Knock-your-socks-off Art and Literature
| Issue 34: | Sept. 2026 |
| Tanka Tale: | 53 words |
By Cynthia Bale
Loose Ends
Which bang came first, the falling groceries or the slamming door? Which of their friends will side with her? Is he going to want his jacket back?
what she knows: eggs and milk go in the fridge cans on the shelf ripped bag in the trash everything still has a place
—Inspired by Untitled Film Still #10 (1978) by Cindy Sherman:
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/56555
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