

Every EveningEvery evening after dinner, he would sit and stare through the east window as the darkness swallowed the sky. The east window bubbled out from the house giving a wide view of the land down the hill. The shadows swept in covering the lower lands in one quick motion and he watched as all light vanished. I had always thought the view west was more spectacular, giving sight through the stunning towers of downtown of the sun setting, glittering against the mirrored windows. No, he liked to look out in the dark. I had once believed it was to see the stars come out, but that was not why and he hEvery Evening


The Still HouseAn old house with soft lavender blue panel siding and stark white trim sat on a weedy lot. Everything in side was fragile, decked in swirls and delicate colors like new fern fronds, as though even a moth lighting on a chair would collapse it to splinters. When I walked through it I was afraid to touch anything lest that utter stillness captured me too, like dust in the sunbeams. Then I would be stuck there, endless, motionless, like a statue in a park. At least there time will pass, my fingers perfectly posed will rust and I will see others, children with ice cream, adults with newspapers, and pigeons will roost on my metal shoulders softly cThe Still House
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