![]() ![]() When Kates mother said my name, she did not say Ev-a-line, the way most people did, but E-vleen, the first part coming from her mouth, the last part escaping from the cage of her throat. Her arm unbended with difficulty to prop the door when it snapped back on her, I caught it. Mamans birthday is in May, was in MayIm not sure how it goes with birthdays, whether they die when you do. The last time the door opened on us, Maman didnt smile. ![]() I wondered if she too was waiting for the yellow porch light to click on, for the screen door to creak open from inside, for her mother to say, On rentre, mes cheries. Kate and I sat on the front step of her parents house, watching the orphan moon elude the embrace of the trees. All that endured of the dark was a nostalgic radiance, like when you shut off a television and the shadow of the picture lingers like a miniscule ghost on the screen. ![]()
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