a smile and peace sign recorded for an instant to disappear in 24 hours as if it never happened her makeup was amateur compared to the professional job on the face of the body in the background the older ones scowled the younger ones waiting in line pulled out their phones texting friends a continent away who sent a picture of their last supper doom scrolling events in places they don’t live of people they don’t know like skipping a water stone they only touch the surface the story of the life that was reduced from a deep ocean to a mere 6 feet