Suspension

Through the tangles of hair thrashing her face, she glimpses something yellow in her periphery and turns toward it: a handmade sign taped to the pylon. Need help?

A phone number. Fingers stir inside her pocket, seeking her phone.

The bridge will still be here later if she needs it.

Elizabeth Barton is a writer/editor living in Chicago with her husband, two cats, and more than a little self-doubt. lizardesque.wordpress