
Famed art deco replaced by fire coral and colorful parrot fish, neon lights restored by pulsating swarms of moon jellyfish, lit up like a Saturday night.

How many times can we put on a costume until it is no longer a costume?

I even forgot the caramel of my lover’s skin, forgot the way back to my island, forgot myself and pledged my life in service to one man’s pleasure, donned the white gloves and clutched a clipboard

We married for necessity, not love, and when we tired of our husbands, we dispatched them quietly in the night.

At first, you place the fruit very methodically around the house. A mango in the microwave. Limes replacing lightbulbs. A grapefruit in the coffee pot.