Inadequate

I tried to answer your question the best I could, but again you asked it.

Q&A

“So, what are we going to do about this?”

Dear Mike,

I met your grandparents.

Okurimono*

Him, breathless, handcuffed to the oxygen tank in tow.

Wake

Did you know, when I called 911, I was put on hold.

Crossed Wires

“But I’ve never had this happen before.”

Running His Mouth

I’m trapped in the room—twenty-minute visit turning to sixty.

Hospice

Driving in the dark to a South Jordan funeral home.