
RECUERDA, OR THE CALL OF THE COMMON NIGHTHAWK by Jonah Solheim
He stood with his shoulder in the doorway, arms crossed, and she glared back at him. The linoleum of the kitchen cold under her bare feet. Another disparity between them, another contention: his slippers kept him warm. He sniffed, more to do something than out of a biological need, and turned his head away from her. She folded her arms, too, a soft click in her head telling her she was mirroring him and not caring to fully acknowledge the thought. Her feet cold and his warm. The way of things. In the heat of a moment now lying…