Missed Connection

Megan Cannella

CW: Body Image/Weight, Language

- Test Seat, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, Universal Studios, Florida, USA

I ignore you, Test Seat,

thinking I am too good

pretending I’m too thin

to be seen with you.

You will spite me in the end.

Unless

Maybe 

I can 

will you 

into submission 

with 

my

thighs.

I want us to work.

But I get the feeling

you might not be into this.

Sheepish Ride Operator 

breaks the news

It’s not a fit,

Ma’am.

Ma’am.

Fuck.

This ride is on a timer,

doesn’t care about us,

what could have been.

If you see this,

and have ditched Thigh Gap,

call me.

Megan Cannella (@megancannella) is a Midwestern transplant currently living in Nevada. For over a decade, Megan has bounced between working at a call center, grad school, and teaching. She has work in or forthcoming from @PorcupineLit, @dailydrunkmag, @VerseZine, @TBQuarterly, and @perhappened.