king lear in the park

a short story about the eyes, inheritance, and forgiveness

Mandy thought the great adventure would be to find her cousin, to wander the park until she spotted him; instead, Isaac was where his parents said he was, where he said he was when he talked to them not twenty minutes prior, sitting on the topmost of the wooden risers overlooking Washington Park’s playhouse stage.

He was dressed far too warmly for the da…