Crossword-Solution: MEBACK 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 16

PRETENDING TO DROWNThe only regret is that I waitedlonger than a breathto scatter the sun's reflectionwith my body. New stars burst upon the waterwhen you pulled me in. On the shore, our clothesbegged us to be good boys again. Every stick our feet toucheda snapping turtle, every shadowa water moccasin. Excuses to swim closer to one another. I sank into the depths to see youas the lake saw you: cut in halfby the surface, taut legs kicking, the rest of you sky. Suddenly still, …

There isn’t a word for walking out of the grocery storewith a gallon jug of milk in a plastic sackthat should have been bagged in double layers — so that before you are even out the dooryou feel the weight of the jug draggingthe bag down, stretching the thinplastic handles longer and longerand you know it’s only a matter of time untilbottom suddenly splits. There is no single, unimpeachable wordfor that vague sensation of somethingmoving away from youas it exceeds its elastic…