PASSING <\/strong>
\nWord Count: 228<\/p>\n

The rooster cracks open the dawn for the crows to fly through. Their gravelly caws<\/em> like a blunt knife serrating the sky into clouds. The sparrows have fled the nest and I\u2019ve missed their leaving; another empty hole in my life. He\u2019s been gone three days.<\/p>\n

Both hands steady a cup of milky cold coffee. Between refills I don\u2019t bother washing it out. It is a constant in a world of changes. The one thing I can depend on to be here tomorrow while yesterday is still there with a drip down the side, sip-marks, a ring where it sat for an hour alone. He\u2019s been dead five days.<\/p>\n

Same rooster, same crows hacking away at the morning. I sit on the backstep hunched and tight, my bathrobe tucked in around flesh I’ve seen is no match for time. I search the black holes in the treeline for bears. For something. Something.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been widowed a week now. Each day rolls out the same way. Except for the single plate in the sink, both cars silent and waiting in the garage, rotting lettuce in the refrigerator, no goodnight kiss, you wouldn\u2019t see anything wrong.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not right. He was a big man, a kind man, the love of my life. When he left, I expected a hole torn into the sky that a jet could fly through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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