“You remind me of someone else,” she said, poking at the egg bits in her salad. It was happening more often now. A man would remind her of a different man who had reminded her of an even earlier man who reminded her of the only man she’d ever loved.

Meg Pokrass is the author of 8 flash fiction collections. Her latest collection, The First Law of Holes: New and Selected will be published with Dzanc Books. She lives in Inverness, Scotland.