I wheel Grandpa to the men’s restroom, but there’s no disabled stall. He struggles into a non-accessible one, clutching the doorframe, the toilet roll holder, reaching. I try to help, but he waves me away. I tell him I’ll wait outside. I tell him I’m here if he needs me.

Iain Grinbergs is an English professor and the author of Vanity Twist, a chapbook (Bottlecap Press).