Paper’s Weight

by J.S. O’Keefe / September 20th, 2026

The papers are in order.
Be careful with crease;
could be evidence you carried this.
The cargo must stay cargo,
unnamed.

It goes into the truck.
The doors close.

The weight corresponds,
the destination is written where it belongs.

The history between one hand and the next:
the crease, potentially.
Straighten it.

Things become dangerous when noticeable.

J.S. O’Keefe’s short stories, essays and poems have been published in Everyday Fiction, WENSUM, Roi Faineant, 101 Words, Spillwords, AntipodeanSF, 50WS, Friday Flash Fiction, etc. Read other articles by J.S., or visit J.S.'s website.

This article was posted on Sunday, September 20th, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.