Fifty Precious Words 2022

Missing Match

By Sarah Lontine

WC: 49

Sock can’t find Match.

Her better half—

the yin to her yang—

is missing!

Sock checks the dryer.

The hamper.

The shoes.

No Match!

Sock feels lonely.

Incomplete.

Completely lost.

Well, actually, Match is lost!

Where could Match be?

Sock thinks hard.

Then she turns herself inside out.

“Match!”