Chen and Milo were inseparable. They slept in the same bed, had breakfast together, and watched videos when Mother allowed. Milo wasn’t good at sitting or rolling over. His best trick was lying on top of the piano for hours — all morning, the afternoon and even at night — and listening while Chen practised.… Continue reading Fantasie Impromptu
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The Bard’s Wife
She’s sitting alone at the second to last row of empty chairs in the dim foyer where the poetry readings are. I wonder where I’ve seen her — is she a doctor, a nurse, one of James’s therapists? Her sneakers, like the white paws of a black cat, are the single diversion from her black… Continue reading The Bard’s Wife