I survey my browser, opened to half a dozen bills. Deadlines glare in blood red.

I need a walk.

Evening falls, pink and purple mingling with naked tree branches. A light breeze pushes me forward. Streetlamps come on, breaking shadows with butter-colored warmth.

I smile. The night is still young.

Yash Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University’s MFA fiction program. His stories, “Soon,” “How To Be A Good Episcopalian,” “Tales From A Communion Line,” and “Community Time,” have been nominated for Pushcarts. Yash’s work has been published in SmokeLong Quarterly, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Write City Magazine, and Ariel Chart, among others.