We hadn’t met
when I masturbated thinking about you eating a chicken and pesto sandwich from Coles
I told people it was like that movie Her
where Joaquin Phoenix falls in love with Scarlett Johansson
but Scarlett Johansson is an operating system
who leaves him in the end anyway
I think I told you it was like that movie Her
And then regretted it
Because you might realise that I masturbated thinking about you
eating a chicken and pesto sandwich from Coles
Zara Gudnason writes non-fiction essays, fiction and poetry. Her work has appeared in Matters Journal, SCUM Mag, Right Now, Dirt Newsletter, Bowen Street Press and she was recently shortlisted for the Moonee Valley Writers Prize. She lives and works on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung land in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.