Behind her the bang of the cover door finishes in a vibrato of tiny shivers Suburban houses set in suburban lawns flick by the agency of like frames in a silent movie.

Behind her the bang of the cover door finishes in a vibrato of tiny shivers Suburban houses set in suburban lawns flick by the agency of like frames in a silent movie. Her of advanced age fawn coat flaps at her sides. She carries a brown cardboard suitcase. As she speeds it bumps against her calves.

She's taken nothing from the house further the case. It contains all she's salvaged from fifteen years of marriage, a suitcase crammed with words, the words she hadn't said, the words oral and rejected, her hidden concealed words. The case feels strangely light.

When the agent