A teacher says You don’t know how to relax. I am afraid of hair

in the drain. When I close my eyes, I see jet pollution. A silent

monk stops me walking to dinner. If you live a long life, he writes

on his miniature chalkboard, You will be old.

“People go missing, and there’s a kind of charm to the mystery.”

“your hands being warmed above a burning cop car…”

“This is a story about a woman who has an abortion.”