She falls in love like her peers fall and break bones. She watches the mailman and the recycling man who stop and wave. She uses old piano wire to cut cheese for a cheeseboard. Diane across the street taught her this trick, back when Diane was alive. Now it’s a young family – bless them, husband, wife, two kids under five. Marge doesn’t like blue cheese, but includes it because maybe they will. She watches out the window as kids hopscotch and everyone comes and then goes. She knows. But she likes the ceremony of it, falling in love, having hope.
Saturday 24 June 2023
'They’re Not Going to Come in, Marge' by Jennifer Fliss
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