Cocoyellow Village
They arrive by letter first.
Every other Sunday.
From inside the village
The stories
Come stay a while. Visit often.
2 August · morning · start here
She Stayed
Anna came for two weeks. That was three years ago. A cup of tea gone cold, a book four days into its twelfth page, and an orange cat coming through the gate like he was going somewhere specific.
9 August · mid-afternoon
The Form
The sleeve is wrong and Anna knows why. She knew when she cut it. Two-thirty, the light flattened and white at the edges, the hour before the rain decides whether it's coming.
16 August · early
Thursday Market
Jill, the sun-faded Jeep, and a bolt of indigo that goes blue-green in market light. The village, opened outward for a morning.
30 August · afternoon
The Basket
Chin on the rim, one paw over the edge, a cut pumpkin behind. Coco has found the rattan basket and considers the matter settled.