A TEMPORARY RECORD

It’s the small things that really make me miss the city. I used to eat at Smokey’s nearly every day, even after I moved out of the Petworth neighborhood to Woodley. I’d come in for lunch, order my regular, and Mrs. Lee would then proceed to give me shit about how I was doing in college, like a straight-up Korean mother. She’d even give me free meals if I made good grades.

For those of you who don’t know, Mrs. Lee’s mumbo sauce really is the best in the city.

This is where I learned how to fall.