I get a letter and it says my parents are dead. Mother’s cause of death: old age. Father’s cause of death: grief.
No signature. No return address.
It has been years since I’ve seen my parents.
Their last visit was over a decade ago.
I barely remember what they look like, and I don’t own any photographs, not of them, not of anybody, or anything.
The ability of the photograph to freeze time is something I have always deeply resented. Frozen time is no time at all.
I call my wife to break the news but the line has been disconnected and I can’t be sure that I even own a phone anymore. I’m not sure I even know what a phone is.