Thelma and her Mango Lemonade

By Lauren Froeschle

Thelma approached.
She
Looked
Me
Down.

“You be have’n the mango lemonade,”
She thundered.

I was taken aback.
My mind raced to be angry,
But indecisive meeting decisive liked what she heard and let it go.

Swaggering away
Thelma’s hips swooped
Whomp-snap
                          Whomp-snap
Her buttocks followed in slight delay.


Time Passed.


Thelma returned.
Built-in-bustle, dark molasses skin, over-blessed-bosom,
           Whomp-snap

Her badges of femininity
Towered over me.

She watched as straw to my lips,
I took a sip.

Fireworks, sweet puckering, tongue tangling,
Taste-bud ecstasy.

Another sip…Nothing.
Another pull…Plugged.

Cheeks concave, vacuum formed, pressure building
Through the tube shot a mango bullet.
           -Death by citrus perfection-

I slumped back in my chair.


Cabin on Alaska lake

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