They say I’m too happy. Too happy about the full moon shimmering, butter-colored lamps flickering, Tchaikovsky waltzes.

They devour graphic news, grimaces flicked on with ease.

I smile at train horns. Lit windows.

Grow up.

I bat them away. Bury the news. It peeks out.

My smile weakens. A little.

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