At 7:20 a.m. My Bank Manager Said There Was Six Figures of Debt in My Name

a narrative for anyone within earshot: a confused older woman, a concerned daughter trying to help. Memory issues. Cognitive decline. The suggestion that my perception of events could not be trusted.

I looked at her for a long moment. I thought about thirty-one years in a classroom, the daily precision required to manage a room full of children and continue reading …