signed tender_square the printer has this way of slightly smearing ink, like the jet is drunk and slurring pages before it spits the job from the chute. i signed my maiden name in the designated box, even though it already bore a digital stand-in for proof. i scanned the copy through a roving line of eyes, made facsimiles for his files and an electronic attachment for the county. he was gone for a walk in the winter weather, alone. i sat on a chair we once fought over in what used to be our living room and surfed to the online courthouse repository. i uploaded the complaint for divorce with no children and the summons. i paid the processing fee through our joint account. i looked out the window while the machinations in my laptop whirled and saw the vehicle we used to drive. our first car together was parked across the street, in front of a house for a sale. exact make and model and colour and everything. i didn't see who emerged from it, but i didn't have to. i was sure it was a young couple starting out. and i remembered the beginning, our beginning, here, at the end. 230120 what's it to you? who go blather from