“This is it. Now we’re gonna be orphans,” she said to her brother, lighting up a cigarette.  She was referring to the death of their father, which was taking place as they spoke. She ran into her brother while leaving the hospice wing of the Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was sitting on a curb […]

Walking into the community bathroom to salvage what’s left of my nightly routine, I notice in the mirror a blue poster on the door behind me. Thinking it reads something like, “ALL-HALL MANDATORY MEETING TONIGHT AT 8,” I walk over to the door to investigate. Instead of the expected “mandatory” meeting announcement or “PLEASE CLEAN […]