I awake at 2 am, with this recurrent, crushing feeling of emptiness and longing, which is not sated after I roll over to spoon Sadie on the bed.
I realize it...
Eliot Li lives in California. His recent work appears or is forthcoming in Trampset, CRAFT, Smokelong Quarterly, Vestal Review, Gone Lawn, and elsewhere. He's on Twitter @EliotLi2.