I've Lived Here for Years

My neighbor vanished overnight and now someone else claims they've always lived there.

They moved in on a Tuesday, brought warm banana bread, asked my name twice

like forgetting was their habit. We talked in the hallway most evenings. Once they said it

feels like people disappear in places like this. I laughed but didn't know why.

Last time I saw them was past midnight. Their door opened. They looked translucent under flickering

light. Did you hear that, they asked. Hear what. They nodded and

said if anyone asks, I was here. Then closed the door. Next morning their

apartment was empty. No furniture. No signs anyone lived there. Police questioned