Fri, 26 December

Recipe for the Twenty-Sixth Take one campus, drained. Leave it under gauze until translucent. Fold in silence by the hectare— do not rush this step; silence sets at its own pace. In a separate life, combine: one window, three figures who know where the good knife is, steam from something with potatoes, a radio left on between stations. Pour the silence around the window. Do not stir. Let the rain apply itself. Serves everyone who stayed.