Teaching my kid to unicycle thrills us both like those first wobbly ventures on her bike. We practice until the summer sun sets orange and pink behind cottonwoods. We push the unicycle home.

Inside, Husband lies on the couch, a cloud of cold mist with a mouth: “I met someone.”

Karen Hausdoerffer teaches at Western Colorado University and the Center for Adult and Family Education. She has published in journals including Flyway, North American Review and Shenandoah.