“‘Two weeks,’ Tamara echoes, like she’s mulling it over. Her legs are dangling over the arm of the chair. ‘Why don’t you just break up with him the normal way?’
‘Because that would require confrontation,’ I explain.
‘And knitting an entire sweater is easier than confrontation.’
‘Yes.’
Tamara turns to Lark for support, but he’s nodding solemnly. ‘Yeah, that holds up,’ he says.“
Enjoy this audio recording of “Mending” by Anna Stacy from Vol. 33:1 of CALYX Journal! Buy the full issue here.
Anna Stacy (they/she) is a writer, actor, medical student, and multi-tasker from New York. Most recently, their work has appeared in print in Academic Emergency Medicine and onscreen in the web series Dead-Enders. Offstage, Anna volunteers with the East Harlem Health Outreach Program and makes a mean stir-fry. www.annastacy.com.