Luck of the Titanic

by Stacey Lee

When you live with someone whose mistress is the bottle, you say your goodbyes long before they depart.

put out the fire on your trousers before worrying about the one down the street.

But juggling is not an act of holding tight. It’s an act of letting go—of giving the people you love the time and space to find their own orbit. And it’s an act of catching.