My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.

“When I crossed the street, according to my mother, I still had to hold someone’…”

“While she cut the mushrooms, she cried more than she had at the grave, the most…”

“He breathed in her hair, the sweet-smelling thickness of it. My father usually …”

“Rose,sensing her mother's distress..."She did not face me, but I could feel the…”