The Shower

The shower was small, but not cozy.  'Cramped' would have been a better word.  There were only two stalls and each of them was only about three feet squared; just enough room for a human being to step inside, get clean, and get out again.  Which, of course, was all that really mattered.  The stalls … Continue reading The Shower

A Sea of Broken Mirrors

The man I came to know as Alejandro had built his refuge out of the wreckage of a liquor store on the far end of a small strip mall in Garrote, New Hampshire, about fifty miles north of Lake Winnipesaukee. It sat next to a pizza joint whose sign had mostly fallen down and sat … Continue reading A Sea of Broken Mirrors