Robert Baas

Summer Food Vibes

Karsten looked through the cabinets above Bobby’s fridge. There was bread, gin, crackers, and flax seeds. He grabbed the gin, which was a giant spherical bottle with a corked top labeled Monkey 47, and placed it on the counter. It wasn’t what he was looking for, but it was booze. Cabinets on either side of the microwave were for plastic cups and glassware. Above the microwave, there were cartridges for the coffeemaker. A fly hovered in and out of the drain in the sink. The cabinets underneath the sink were for the pipes, dishwashing liquid, trash bags, and other essentials Karsten didn’t care about. Drawers to the right of the sink had playing cards. Beneath those drawers were the cabinets for paper cups, paper plates, and regular plates.