Ashes

“I believe that’s how one uses the phrase.”

I’m at the laundromat again. I’ve been putting it off all day, and now I’m here watching the sunset out the window.

It rained a lot last week. Sheets of rain. The kind that makes you rush to the windows to watch. Today it is dry, and the air is full of ash.

My mouth is coated with a thin layer. While I was procrastinating about the laundry, I was thinki…