Always Three Dots

by Sarah Senft

He uses … in his emails
every one of them

familiar now
always three dots

I can almost hear him
speaking them

They leave space
to soften
what comes before

or after

comfort
gentle
like him

always …

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Sarah is a writer living in Vancouver, Canada. Her work has appeared in The Closed Eye Open, 50-Word Stories, Bending Genres, Ivo Review, Halfway down the Stairs, Fish Girl Collective, The Martello Journal, Interrobang Lit, Feel Lit Magazine, Orange Rose Lit mag, Maudlin House and others.

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