Thanks, Pat. Also grateful to @brettpribble.bsky.social and Brett Barr!
Patricia Q. Bidar
“But Joanna is not standing at the sink, hollering scraps of songs. There is no sound of her shaking the dog’s leash, ‘Wannawalk?’ At night, her side of the bed is empty and smooth.”
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
I She is fine, the nurse has assured him. And why would she lie? Joanna’s surgery is done. Hugh sits with her afterward in the recovery room. It is night and the rain mists down under the lights. The ...