Bamboo 101

It’s in the box. Sitting in the hallway, probably. You carried it upstairs. You’re going to open it this afternoon. […]

It felt too light. She picked it up in the showroom: a bamboo bookshelf, floor model, $189, and immediately set

She didn’t connect the headaches to the furniture. Why would she? The headaches started about four months after she moved

You kneel down to tie up another tomato plant. The plastic stake you bought last spring has already started bending.

It is just past 11:17 pm. The house has gone quiet. Your hands still carry the sharp, unmistakable smell of

You walk past it in the hallway again. That vintage bamboo chair you dragged home from the flea market for

You’re on the floor again.1:17 a.m. The rest of the apartment is dark except for the thin beam from your

You see it by the back door first. A cracked green tomato cage leaning against the wall. Three black plastic

You’re in bed again.Phone in one hand, the other resting on the windowsill so you can just see the edge