Exposure

Determined, Claire walked through the door and into her classroom for her 6th first day as a middle school math teacher. She wondered aloud from under her mask if her students were as excited and nervous as she was. What would spread more quickly within these four walls this year, the love of numbers or … Continue reading Exposure

Breaking The Chains

He watched silent dust particles float in the confining, stagnant air around him, someone must have forgotten to open the windows in the auditorium this morning. Adolescence oozed from the chairs behind him on the stage and Emanuel wondered briefly if he smelled like that, too. Of course he did, especially at this moment. He … Continue reading Breaking The Chains