Wayne Makali

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“The Things We Lost in the Fire” by Wayne Makali

Submitted to Contest #79

I see her the moment I walk through the door. She is on her phone, face down. She hasn’t changed. Not even a little bit. My recollection and the present collide and I am seated across from her. “I hate this place,” I tell her by way of greeting. “Really?” she asks, for a moment genuinely taken aback, “I used to bring you here all the time as a kid.” I say nothing in reply, neither does she. This is why I do not like people. They prefer filling every single moment with small talk and inanities to actually having a conversation. The me...

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