April 13, 2024

I am three.  No. Four.  No. I am three. Who cares, though? “Let me out,” I cry, hitting the door. praying it’ll open, save me.  “If you open that door, I will beat you,” Maami says. Her face cloaked in the shadow of the kerosene lamp.  She picks up the blade, “Come here.”  I see…