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... hed, pale under the lamps.

From the theatre window I watched the water run along the gutters and collected on the roofs, and I thought about how the city hid things under peace the way people hid memories under smiles.

I heard the stairs before I heard the footfall.

Iris moved like a shadow who knew all the safe places.

She kept her face low, hood pulled, braid tucked.

When she reached the stage doorway she dropped the wet hood and smiled without warmth. < ...

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