“Rummage,” by Anahita Loghmanifar
“Under the Lintel, Above the Sill,” by Chella Courington
A woman in black with a white apron cinching her waist, leans against the courtyard door, watching the older couple at the table against the wall, her face in her hands, his lips moving, teeth occasionally visible, and she never responds, never moves until the man stands and with only the slightest of pause, a single tick, walks out. She raises her head in his receding footsteps and looks at the woman in black. Neither flinch, holding the other’s gaze, sharing an understanding (to be given their due), of how love seeps away, hearts subsiding by the steady drain of habit when two bodies, side by side, sharing the same bed and morning coffee, wake up one Wednesday or maybe Saturday and see the other etched in lines, crevices of chalk and take to the street to find the person lost.
Angry Bird, by Fariha Iqbal
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