Old Possum’s mail that afternoon consisted of a single letter.

In looping, swirling cursive, on linen stationery, his elderly uncle from far west of the garden, across the river, had written to share a strange tale.

Several days prior, he wrote, the sunny day turned evening-dark, and the mid-afternoon shadows turned an odd, shimmering silver.

No one knew quite what to make of it but, Possum’s uncle reported, several birds (who had quieted their singing amidst the eerie twilight) flew up high and, for a split-second, glimpsed what appeared to be the moon, passing across the face of the sun.

(Mid-April 2024)

Story © Jennifer Singleton / Read+Purr

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