Jukebox plays The Eagles. I nurse Amaretto Sours. One drawn-out sip, another. I absorb dim lights, make up stories. I’m a writer, pianist, actor. I join people in losing at pool, laugh over lost shots, forget bills, stacks of tests, and somnolent students. Laugh until dull stars lead me home.

Yash Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University’s MFA program in fiction. His stories, “Soon,” “How To Be A Good Episcopalian,” and “Tales From A Communion Line,” were nominated for Pushcarts. Yash’s work has been published in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Write City Magazine, and Ariel Chart, among others.