Adam’s shirts and pants were hung in tight rows with cardboard protectors. The officer had never seen cardboard protectors.

“OCD,” I said.

He’d seen OCD. Said the stress could make a heart attack plausible, even at 38.

I found him. The neighbors heard me scream. No reason to suspect me.

Michelle Meyer is a poet who is experimenting with (and loving) micro flash fiction. She is the author of The Trouble with Being a Childless Only Child (Cornerstone Press, 2024) and The Book of She (2021). Poems have appeared in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, ONE ART, Pearl Press, Tiny Spoon, Welter, and elsewhere. Micro flash has appeared in 100-Word Story and Ink-in-Thirds. Find her at michellemeyerwrites.com.