A Few Loonies

by Fay Aoyagi, Michael Dylan Welch, and Garry Gay


First published in Mariposa #34, spring/summer 2016, page 19 (see images below). Originally written and seasoned at Round Table Pizza in San Francisco (next to Fort Mason) on 13 September 2009.



distant thunder—

a vending machine rejects

my dollar bill Fay


saved from a wet wallet

Zambian kwacha Michael


street musician—

just a few loonies

in her guitar case Garry


strung as an amulet

five-yen coins Fay


Riviera wind—

the one-armed bandit

pays off in euros Michael


at the taco truck

a peso in my change Garry