Love
The Keeping Hour
The Keeping Hour Every evening at 8:17, Miriam set the table for two. The time was not arbitrary. She had tried, once, to move it—8:15, then 8:20—but something in the apartment resisted. The kettle took longer to boil. The light above the sink flickered. Her own hands shook, as if she were attempting to write with the wrong name. At 8:17, everything settled. The air found its balance.
By Muhammad Irfan Afzal2 months ago in Fiction







