I Think We've Been Here Before

by Suzy Krause

The world, it would seem, is ending. And when she finally accepts this fact, she finds she’s not overly surprised by it. She tries to pick up her cat; she needs a hug. But the cat doesn’t want a hug, so no hug is had.

Same realities, different emotional impacts, and he doesn’t know what makes the difference from one day to the next, why one day he’ll wake up and grief will wash over him and drown him in his bed, and the next day he’ll wake up in the same empty room and understand that this is just how it is now.