"Excuse Me," a kind of new short story in Pank Spring 2023

This is a pleasant surprise. Pank had "Excuse Me" for a couple of years, accepted it, then had it a couple more -- things had gotten a little fractured over there. I'd forgotten all about it until someone mentioned it in a note, and here it is. I've never seen as many typos as there are in this piece. I guess things remain fractured. I'll post a clean version here soon, but nice to see it up, and the patient reader (which isn't me) can plow past the glitches easily enough.