Seventies avocado spoils into light gray.
Bits of drywall and broken glass lay scattered all over the sidewalk, crunching beneath
footsteps. Dust floats in the sunlight.
Enrique Iglesias sings “Bailando” across the empty parking lot.
A half-empty bottle of blue Gatorade sits in the shade.
They came and went.
No one ever saw them.
Maryam El-Shall works and lives in Florida. Her work has appeared in A Beautiful Space and Rigorous