works by william pham, 2005-present
100x450 - 16 - my short-term memory betrays me
"Chill before serving. Ready to drink. Common name: mandarin orange drink with pulps and juice, orange pulps. Minimum 15 or 25 percent pulps. Ingredients: water, mandarin orange pulps, 55 percent juice, high-fructose corn syrup, natural flavor, citric acid. Please recycle."
I drank half the can and poured the rest down the sink. I rinsed and cleaned half of the dishes, dried my hands on a nearby dishtowel, and read a book for an hour and a half. I put away the dry dishes and rinsed and cleaned the rest of the dishes in the sink, then almost grabbed another can.
copyright (c) 2007 by william pham
photo credit (c) 2007 william pham