Severance
by Mae Grey
· 24/02/2026
Published 24/02/2026 17:04
The bus stop is the wrong side of the glass.
They go through the revolving doors
at nine, in shirts that haven’t wrinkled.
I still have the badge in my wallet.
It’s a dead piece of plastic.
The box on the passenger seat
holds a stapler and a dry cactus.
The building doesn’t lean.