I Tipped An Exhausted Waitress One Hundred Dollars Until I Found Something In My Takeout Box

the context in which the note was unremarkable. Some form of payment for a service or a loan. A delivery of funds to someone who had been waiting for them. A context in which the apology and the exhaustion encoded in I can’t do this anymore meant something mundane.

I could not find it.

The more I considered the note, the more its meaning consolidated.continue reading …