;larissa’s Reviews > The Seven Year Slip > Status Update

She dropped her bags, her face stretching in confusion, and finally wonder. Then she smiled, bright and blinding, and threw out her arms. My heart swelled with grief and joy and love. So much love for this ghost of mine.

A man with an accordion and a drum set at his feet played a jazzy rendition of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” and a few feet away, a rat was nibbling on a crust of pizza.
God, I loved New York. Even the cliché bits.


the american dream I guess

Anyway, now that I have my emotional support toothbrush, I’ll be on my way.

so real