The Stray Moon
My scarf’s already wet, plastered to my jaw; my breath comes out foggy and fast, like I’m running even when I’m standing still.
The first hundred feet is the easy part—just a parking lot, a frozen playground, the back of Della’s Diner looking like a crime scene waiting for a body. I keep my hands in my pockets and my head down, counting steps to the corner, running through the same dumb checklist I always do. Two blocks to the bridge, left at the old pharmacy, up the stairs past the burned-out streetlamp, and then home. If you’re quick, you can make it before the cold works through the layers, before the silence figures out you’re trespassing.
Bab Populer