Middle Ground
“he said.
Justin and I sat on a rock, perched above the beach. There was a soft wind blowing. The air was humid and it smelled like rain was close. No stars were visible. The sky was stained black.
He pulled his baseball cap low so the brim shaded his eyes. I stared straight ahead because I didn’t want him to stop. You can puncture a moment with the wrong words. So I stayed silent.
“Kristin’s funeral,” he said. “It was a virtual service.” He spoke slowly, and for the first time I realized he str...uggled with words only when they were ones he’d never said before.
“I’d never been to a funeral before. I didn’t know what to expect. They set up a website to host the memorial service. You could log on and add comments and feedback and post pictures and share stories. There was a slide show and a forum. There were advertisements. They turned her life into a commercialized website.”
His body was rigid. Tense. He tried to keep his voice calm but I could hear it tainted with bitterness, like something toxic was coming out of it.MoreLess
Justin and I sat on a rock, perched above the beach. There was a soft wind blowing. The air was humid and it smelled like rain was close. No stars were visible. The sky was stained black.
He pulled his baseball cap low so the brim shaded his eyes. I stared straight ahead because I didn’t want him to stop. You can puncture a moment with the wrong words. So I stayed silent.
“Kristin’s funeral,” he said. “It was a virtual service.” He spoke slowly, and for the first time I realized he str...uggled with words only when they were ones he’d never said before.
“I’d never been to a funeral before. I didn’t know what to expect. They set up a website to host the memorial service. You could log on and add comments and feedback and post pictures and share stories. There was a slide show and a forum. There were advertisements. They turned her life into a commercialized website.”
His body was rigid. Tense. He tried to keep his voice calm but I could hear it tainted with bitterness, like something toxic was coming out of it.MoreLess
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