Breaking Up With Routine

by Louella Lester


She’s decided to close her eyes and dance anytime she puts something to heat in the microwave. Rhumba with homemade tomato soup. Belly dance near leftover falafel. High step alongside cold tea until it warms her favourite cup. Hip bump wilted salads right into the bin.


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Louella Lester is a writer/photographer in Winnipeg, Canada. Her writing has appeared in Blink Ink, The Odd Magazine, Potato Soup, MacQueen’s Quinterly, The Dribble Drabble Review, New Flash Fiction, Cleaver, SoFloPoJo, Emerge Lit, Full House Lit, Flash Flood, and a variety of other journals/anthologies. Her Flash-CNF book, Glass Bricks, is published by At Bay Press. https://louellalester.blog