From the Diary

J came to see me yesterday. We sat in the living room for a long while without talking. I knew something was wrong. Finally, she tells me she’s pregnant. The light in the room was intense. That kind of orange you see when you close your eyes in the sun. I had no idea what to say to her. On the television, an astronaut got out of his spaceship and walked. On the moon.


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