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She opens a can of tuna for them every Friday evening. Laser beams shoot from her eyes and sear a perfect though slightly jagged circle in the top of the can. But this is not about tuna or Friday night, but the lacerating beam, its effervescent sparkles, light more dazzling than the royal blue sequins on her bodice. Her body light. Her eyes light. The tuna light. One can of tuna opened by laser beams feeds approximately three children at a time. On a Friday evening. Why cook? Busy moms should take advantage of this service. She also hates cookies because she must watch her waistline. Last week a whole row of sequins popped right off her bodice. So she is affordable. And fast. Saving time on not having to sit down with a plate of cookies. She is now servicing roughly fifteen million kids. That’s approximately five million tuna cans. Light. In water. No need to call. Just place can in the middle of dining table. On a Friday evening. Wine tasting, gallery walk, opening night, bowling with the boss. Blind date from online dating site. Yet this is not about you or tuna or Friday night, but the glitz and the glow in her eyes and the beam. You should see the prancing particles, how they light up your kitchen, the dining room, your kids’ faces. They are content. They are on tuna. Bathing in blue sequin effervescence. You should check it out. The service. The dazzle.
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Susan Nyikos, born and educated in Hungary, teaches literature and writing at Utah State University surrounded by the western fringes of the magnificent Rocky Mountains. Her poems have appeared in wordriver, Loose Leaves, and in the annual chapbooks of her local poetry group, Poetry@3. Also, she has been judging poetry for wordriver and the USU creative writing contest and publication, Scribendi.