Weather by Jenny Offill

Author:Jenny Offill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2020-02-10T16:00:00+00:00

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It’s the night of the back-to-school concert. Before we can walk into the auditorium, we have to show our IDs and the ticket his teacher sent us last week. On the corner of the ticket there is a number that shows how many people are in your family. There is a warning not to bring any extra guests to the performance because SAFETY FIRST!

Eli stands in the front row of the bleachers next to Amira. He is wearing his lucky pants and his lucky shirt, but he looks nervous. The last song is his favorite one, he has told me. I can see him gathering confidence as they move through the other, lesser numbers. Then all at once the kids close their eyes and begin to sway. Everyone leans forward, trying to see. They sing that their lives are like a drop of water, no more, in an endless sea. Whatever they make will not stand; it will crumble to the ground before their very eyes. And all the money in the world could not buy them a moment more.

Nothing lasts forever is the conclusion reached. An exception is made for the earth and the sky.

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