A couple sits in silence, no more than a sigh and a bottle of wine between them. The woman leans over, kisses the man on the lips. When he wipes it off on his sleeve, she walks out. Head down, the man wipes his nose. The bottle just sits there.
Bob Lucky is the author most recently of My Wife & Other Adventures (Red Moon Press, 2024). His work has appeared in Rattle, Otoliths, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Unlost, Contemporary Haibun, Unbroken, and other publications. He lives in Portugal.
When I showed up for my life, it was a crime scene cordoned off with flapping yellow tape. I begged to go in. I have to find myself, I argued. It was hard to explain. Now I’m the number one suspect and may get to the bottom of things yet.
Bob Lucky is the author of My Wife & Other Adventures (Red Moon Press, 2024), My Thology: Not Always True But Always Truth (Cyberwit, 2019), Conversation Starters in a Language No One Speaks (SurVision Books, 2018), and Ethiopian Time (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014). He lives in Portugal.