Label medications by the day of the week. Label appliances in big block letters: STOVE, DISHWASHER, FRIDGE. Label the cat’s collar so when it darts out the door, a kind stranger will return it. Label the door. Label your wrist: name, address, daughter’s cell. Label the toilet. Label your past happy – who’s to say otherwise? Label your memories, fragile as soap bubbles, before they drift away and pop. Label your children: the good one, the pretty one. Label the stranger’s face confused when he appears at last holding a struggling animal that might, in the right forgiving light, be yours.
Beth Sherman’s writing has been published in over 150 literary journals and appears in Best Microfiction 2024 and Best Small Fictions 2025. She’s also a multiple Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee. She can be reached on X, Bluesky, or Instagram @bsherm36
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