The Bank Said I Owed 500000 for a House I Never Signed For So I Made One Call and Showed Up With the Sheriff

for its own sake. Care given to something that deserved it simply because it deserved it. I discovered I was very good at that kind of work when I was doing it freely, without the particular exhaustion that comes from generosity that was never really voluntary.

My apartment changed in small ways that added up. Jars of shells on the windowsill. A small continue reading …