I Returned a Lost Wallet from a Mechanic’s ShopThe Next Morning, a Sheriff Was Standing at My Door

background hum of things that need fixing, the car that needs a part I have been putting off, the back bedroom window that sticks in the cold, the shoes my daughter has been wearing with holes in the soles because new shoes cost forty dollars and forty dollars this month needed to be something else.

I work as much as I can. I take on extra jobs when continue reading …