Arthur pen drawing of hidden animals decided who kept the lake cabin

the nightstand next to the yellow motel keys.

I looked at the yellow motel keys on the nightstand, displaced from my own home.

By seven the next morning, the neon sign outside our window was still flickering through the gray mist.

Clara was already dressed in her gray wool suit, her fingers tapping against her paper cup as she stared at the linoleum floor.continue reading …