My Second One Thought  I walked to the pop Machine for my pop, But noticed a cat in it- In the machine In a box (a vacuum sealed box to be more precise). This box had four Sides. One side A window in it. And I could see a cat. The cat Was sitting licking his Junk. His private bits. On one of the box walls Was weird stuff like Chemical labels and light bulbs. A large sign behind that cat read, “DEAD OR ALIVE-what will it be?” “I want this cat,” I said. B4 $2.00 it read under The cat. “I want that cat,” I said. I swiped My card for My new owner- Ship of this Cat. Nothing happened! I said, “FUCK!” The twirling prong Thingy stopped Too soon and my cat’s Vacuum sealed Box got caught On a miniature Elephant next to Him that read, 9V $3000. “That Is pretty pricy,” I said. That elephant was Mad (he stomped his Elephant feet and crushed all his People figurines and tooted a loud little Toot) When my cat’s Vacuum sealed box Hit his. I wanted that cat, so I swiped my card Again, pushed the Buttons and on the Digital screen flashed, “make a selection” I pushed my numbers Again, but the screen Read, “No! only one physics Battle per year. Per live action figure!” I wanted my cat so bad I pushed, 9-V; A-C, As fast as I could. My payment said, “Accepted” and read, “Thank you for choosing Schrödinger and Tipsy. These are great battles (debates) In history! Do you want Some literature to sway your Vote this way instead of the Other way for your live action Figure?” I pushed, “No.” I knew All about these things, You see.

My Second One Thought

I walked to the pop

Machine for my pop,

But noticed a cat in it-

In the machine

In a box (a vacuum sealed box to be more precise).

This box had four

Sides. One side

A window in it.

And I could see a cat. The cat

Was sitting licking his

Junk. His private bits.

On one of the box walls

Was weird stuff like

Chemical labels and light bulbs.

A large sign behind that cat read,

“DEAD OR ALIVE-what will it be?”

“I want this cat,” I said.

B4 $2.00 it read under

The cat. “I want that cat,” I said.

I swiped

My card for

My new owner-

Ship of this

Cat.

Nothing happened!

I said, “FUCK!”

The twirling prong

Thingy stopped

Too soon and my cat’s

Vacuum sealed

Box got caught

On a miniature

Elephant next to

Him that read,

9V $3000. “That

Is pretty pricy,” I said.

That elephant was

Mad (he stomped his

Elephant feet and crushed all his

People figurines and tooted a loud little

Toot)

When my cat’s

Vacuum sealed box

Hit his.

I wanted that cat, so

I swiped my card

Again, pushed the

Buttons and on the

Digital screen flashed,

“make a selection”

I pushed my numbers

Again, but the screen

Read, “No! only one physics

Battle per year.

Per live action figure!”

I wanted my cat so bad

I pushed, 9-V; A-C,

As fast as I could.

My payment said,

“Accepted” and read,

“Thank you for choosing

Schrödinger and Tipsy.

These are great battles (debates)

In history! Do you want

Some literature to sway your

Vote this way instead of the

Other way for your live action

Figure?”

I pushed, “No.” I knew

All about these things,

You see.

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Gwendolyn Lack is a nontraditional student at Missouri Western State University (MWSU). She is almost finished with her first bachelor’s degree in physics but has been attending classes for creative writing. Originally from California, Gwen is now a resident of Missouri, and has hopes of teaching English in rural areas of China. She has had two essays and one flash fiction published at MWSU.