I married a stranger I met in a hospital waiting room so he wouldn’t die alone—after just one week of marriage, his lawyer handed me his backpack.

they blurred.

Went where?

Who was she?

Why keep the ticket?

The envelopes bothered me more.

I opened Grocery Store.

A receipt for two cans of tomato soup and a loaf of bread.

On the back: “She accepted the soup.”

Next came Park Bench.

A faded Polaroid showed Thomas sitting beside a man in a brown coat, both of them looking toward something outside the frame.continue reading …