I Came Home From Teaching All Day to Find a Lock on My Own Pantry

things, confuse the days, lose my glasses.

She did not know I had manufactured every one of those moments.

Ryan’s voice was weak throughout. He said he did not know. He said it felt wrong. But he did not say no. He did not say this is my mother and I will not allow this. He stayed quiet in the way that he had been staying quiet for three years while continue reading …