Restlessness by Jen Gayda Gupta

Restlessness

I want to drink from a new mug each morning

and watch the sun touch everything all at once.

Jen Gayda Gupta is a teacher, an avid hiker, and a horse lover. She is currently on the run from responsibility, living nowhere at all with her husband and their dog. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Anti-Heroin Chic, Bandit Fiction, Capsule Stories, Dodging the Rain, Sledgehammer, The Shore and others. You can find her on Instagram @jengaydagupta.

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Art: Pierre Bonnard Public Domain ALT: A vibrant painting of a woman sharing a cup of tea at the breakfast table with her doggie.

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