I Was Uninvited From Christmas by the Man Living in My House

before the phone even settled in its cradle.

Pink notice in the doorway.

Cardboard in the garage window.

Christmas wreath hanging crooked.

A ten-foot inflatable snowman listing to one side like it had been drinking.

I enlarged the photo of the driveway. There were oil stains under where the BMW used to sit. A dent in the garage trim. A bicycle tipped over continue reading …