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Keeping watch — after no one needs the light, and why I can’t stop

21 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Nurnobi Islam

The bulb over our front door takes a half-second to catch before it holds, a small flicker like it needs a moment to decide, and some evenings, waiting for it, my hand still on the switch, I catch myself already knowing there’s no one left out there...