Mom never lets me visit.
Space is too tight. Writing deadlines.
No mention of a bedroom after a year.

If I question, she says love transcends space. I’m too domestic in attitude. Like Dad.

I spend weekends with movie moms.
At least it’s easy to capture and recapture a hug.

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.