bathtime again

Downstairs, I run a bath for my daughter. I kneel down to check the water.  When I rise, the old woman is standing in the doorway. She is hunched over, watching me. “Fuck.” And then she’s gone.

home invasion

[This is directly transcribed, without changes or edits, from a journal entry dated January 6th, 1997] I stand in the front window and watch as the car makes its second pass, making myself as visible as possible to the men inside . . . letting them know that there are people home and they’ll have to find someone else to rob. On… Continue reading home invasion