Survival

A photo, a short story.

Michael A. Van Kerckhove
Nov 6 · 5 min read
Found photo.

“You never know, you might finally meet someone…” Mother always says. But I think she knows by now that, snug in my almost late-forties, I am not the marrying kind. “If you marry me off,” I want to ask her, “who will be your date to these things?” Everyone else has either scattered or died, and I don’t want her to have to answer the question.

Michael A. Van Kerckhove

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Writer/Performer. Bookish, Particular, Gen X, Scorpio, Detroit → Chicago. Personal Essays & Things, some Fiction & Poetry. Welcome. MichaelVanKerckhove.com.

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