FIVE-COURSE PRE FIXE FOR THE INFLATION MARKET

sweet juice-filled aphids from an anthill in the cracks of a sidewalk, pulled lick-by-grainy-lick from their burrow with my cracked tongue (i loved the pop) ★★★★☆

maruchan ramen, classic, i know, but they got rid of the noodlebrick, so just the styrofoam with savory sprinklings from the beef flavor packet. zero-waste which is nice ★★☆☆☆

a fleshy bite from the invisible hand of the market. this one was just hot air. ★☆☆☆☆

thin slices of new hampshire birch bark coated with the good lichens, not the orange slime mold type, but the stringy mint noodle kind, toasted ★★★☆☆

the star of the show, sizzling ashes of an ascot over rice ★★★★★

Jordan Alejandro Rivera (he/him) is a 23-year-old queer Xicano writer living in Boston. Jordan is passionate about mutual aid and wants to see a Free Palestine in his lifetime. His work is featured in fifth wheel press, Writers Resist, HAD; read more at jordanarivera.wordpress.com or on Twitter @jordinowrites.