This Is Just To Say (during Corona Virus) by Christopher Berardino

This Is Just To Say

I have used all
the hand sanitizer
that was in
your purse

and which
you were probably
saving
for yourself

Forgive me
it was thrilling
so viscous
and so sterile

Christopher Berardino is a writer of Japanese-American descent from Orange County, CA. He received an MFA in Fiction from Cornell University in 2018. His work has previously appeared in Flash Fiction, Blind Corner Literary Magazine, The Copperfield Review, FLARE: The Flagler Review, and others.