Mathew Serback

Waves (Coming In)

I try to teach my mother algebra but have to excuse myself to go and cry in the car.
          Do you see how odd we are?
          Here’s the order of operations: Take the heart, leave the head, and measure the
length of the tongue.
          Essentially, we learn to divide, first, stupid.

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​Mathew Serback is a sleepwalker, but he doesn't know it. Every night, in his sleep, he takes the pillow out of its case, twirls to the kitchen case-in-hand, and fills the bag with a large assortment of M&M's. Every morning, he wakes up with neck pain. His pillow remains unchecked, his M&M's, uneaten.