Intra-Betty Acronym (a.k.a. Overtone, a.k.a. Undercoat) ran after her foot
until her plane landed. Beets scalded (dyed) her feet as she had United
Miles rooted in her garden. “Oh!” sighed Intra-Betty curried by an
insufferable saffron, lamp-fried motif doing its best to market a ride
into town. Tone down the yews, cried the nylons while yards of ants
tunneled into Brooklyn. Intra-Betty passed by molecules in the
wasteland until her purse slammed into a wall. “Damn,” Intra said.
“Damn, damn,” said Betty. James Joyce, John Ashbery and Anne Sexton
flooded the Intranet Internet with new names of lipstick and nail
sizes. Intra-Betty responded (by the way) with un-slamming her purse
and pricing the remains on the floor. “No great day,” thought Betty.

Karen Nystrom is a poet and playwright. She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College. Her poems have appeared in 8142 Review, The Denver Quarterly, The Harvard Review, The Indiana Review, The Nebraska Quarterly, Passages North, and others. Her play, SMOKE, was produced by Three Brothers Theatre. She lives in Ellison Bay with her spouse and dog.