John Colasacco is the author of Antigolf (Civil Coping Mechanisms 2015) and The Information Crusher, forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil. Other work has appeared or is forthcoming in Tarpaulin Sky, Hobart, Birdfeast, theNewerYork, and The Iowa Review. Anyone interested in written/artistic collaboration may email jacolasa@syr.edu.The Boy Who Didn’t Wash
The fact was, the boy didn’t wash his crotch. And when he played with himself the smell got on his hands. And since he hardly ever washed his hands he got that same smell on all the doorknobs in the house, and all the light switches, and everything else. And since these...
