Chen-ou Liu
Ajax, Ontario, Canada

Make or Break

We each sink into our own thoughts. I sit at one end, she at the other end of the table we assembled many years ago. Like our life, the table is now scratched and worn. A siren wails in the distance. I look up and see a lone winter star blinking through the window. It's past midnight, and the question between us remains unanswered.

divorce talk
our dog sits quietly
with her back to me