Laurels Literary Magazine Fall 2015 | Page 76

after, it just goes on, the turn doesn’t disappear, the pain never vanishes, even if you think it can, even if you cheat. It doesn’t ever really stop. It’s never that easy. Because ‘life’ isn’t a ‘zoom’ word. It only seems to be. I drift towards the gift shop, on my way out. A stray gust of wind from an oncoming storm catches the creaky turnstiles and a Living is the hard thing to do. 64