Penelope in Retrograde

by Brooke Abrams

Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. —Adapted from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

My daughter loves this line from romeo and juliet.

riffle

Riffle? The author meant rifle i believe.

gale force

The beaufort scale

Aidan and I cheers each other unenthusiastically.

There shouldnt be an S on the end of cheer. Eyeroll.

A little elevator jazz à la Kenny G plays softly on the radio,

Ahh light jazz my favorite.

and yet here you are three sheets to the wind!”

I heard this growing up

I’m no Virginia Woolf or Harper Lee.

Noone is lol