A list of bitter-sweet sadnesses

1:

When he left, she blocked, muted, deleted, destroyed and erased all evidence of him until her hands went and made two cups of tea.

2:

The loose lip of your sock, drooping in defeated elastic around your naked, vulnerable ankle sums you up so perfectly.

3:

I loved the book. But now it’s over. I can’t read it again until I’ve forgotten its story. But if I forget its story, was it even good?

4:

One lonely slipper coughed up by the sea.

One abandoned car half-swallowed by a tree.

Where did they come from, what did they want to be?

5:

That shared millennial sorrow, contained within a generation and felt mostly for Britney Spears.

6:

Birthday wishes from hotels, banks and corporations that have mined your personal data.

“Happybirthdaymeeramutualfundsaresubjecttomarketrisk”

7:

Passing by places you were once very young and very happy in, very long ago.

8:

The musical pling-ting-cling-ching of something fragile and loved shattering.

9:

That hint of truth in every good joke.

10:

The ends of Sundays.

11:

That most people can only be certain they were happy when they’re done being happy.