By Selma Carvalho
The Friday they leave for a weekend in Belgium, Anju discovers Freddo is cheating on her. She doesn’t share her knowledge with him. What she should have said was, ‘Freddo, I’m tired of this shit. This time, I’m leaving.’
Her heart feels like it is going to stop breathing all on its own, distinct from the rest of her. The pain is so intense, she realises it is possible for the rest of her body to survive the carnage, while her heart, expelled from her being like a refugee, would simply die.
By Isabelle Li
Issue no 20
An APWT publication
When I hear the sound of approaching traffic, I often think of my father. He's deaf in one ear and has lost most of his hearing in the other. I’m worried how he might cross the road, relying solely on his macula-degenerated eyes, hands clutched behind his back, holding a shabby grocery bag, on his way to the market.
