#3 This Time
He walked into the room
third in line
and faced the mirror
like the voice
said.
It was like god
was telling him
to face forward
turn left
turn right.
Then he was lead
out of room
and back
to his cell.
And instructed
not to turn around
until he heard
the cell door
close.
Bio: Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many mounds of snow. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Cultural Weekly, In Between Hangovers, Gutter Eloquence, The Dope Fiend Daily, and The Rye Whiskey Review.