HIDDEN

by

Ellen Parker

TWIN CELLS

She has two identical cell phones. One she uses only to call her lover. The pages-long bill is sent to a P.O. box. The other phone is for anyone. That brief bill is sent to her home, for her husband to pay.

BAGGED POCKETS

She keeps her lover's letters in a pocket of a coat bagged in plastic. The pocket is beginning to bulge. Soon she'll need the other one as well. What happens when both pockets are full? She'll bag another coat.

NEARLY OUTED

One recent morning, in the walk-in closet, her husband came upon her, standing near her bagged coat, talking on her secret cell phone. "Come out of the closet," her husband said. "I will," she said, covering the cell, "as soon as I'm ready."

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Ellen Parker has a story in the summer issue of Painted Moon Review.

Editors Note: She also can be read in Literary Potpourri archives.

She can be reached via email at:ellenparker1@attbi.com.

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