The G.W. Review

"We Made it Home"

by Jennifer Bryan

Since he told me about the affair I haven't unpacked or gone grocery shopping: a box couscous and a can of chickpeas are all that's in the cupboards, a carton of milk and a jar of pickles are in the refrigerator, the blue nylon sleeping bag is draped on the couch.  I've been eating take out from Stuffy's Sandwich Shop and I don't know where the sheets are.

 

the G.W. Review, Volume XXX, Number 1, Fall 2008

Cover Art: Deborah G. Pipes