06 December 2016

Second Simone

Sarah Rupp

He was tall and older, thin like a folding chair, and wearing the shadowed, serious mien of a peasant farming in the background of a Russian film. 

Its edges left thick red imprints on her palms as though she had been rowing against a great wave for her life. 

But Simone would just envelope her in a hug, holding her like a hole holds light.

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