It had great bones. Is what the realtor told the buyers. She would hate that I sold. It was more than I could keep up with, that Victorian on Main. Yes, it did have great bones. And while it was my time to go, she would be here for perpetuity.
Ginny Drake is a writer and artist from the Kansas City area. She holds degrees in psychology and holistic medicine. Her work has appeared in Instant Noodles, Flash Phantoms, and Aporia. She is currently working on her first novel.
I love how “great bones” evolves from a real estate expression into a reflection on mortality and permanence. The personification of the house is especially touching. I wonder whether one concrete memory of the house might make the narrator’s attachment even more powerful.