Saturday, January 11, 2025

Sometimes outside our window at night someone shouts out something strange and alarming. Like now: “Excuse me! Can I borrow your phone to call my dad?” With the strain of urgency in the voice, maybe fear. But when I get up to look out the window all I see is a solitary figure across the street, a young woman. She stands at the crosswalk for a moment and then turns to walk along the park. Like nothing.