Gemotions

The box was enormous, taking up most of the hallway. *The Ultimate Gamer's Bundle* – the label blared. She stood there, dumbfounded. She was not a gamer. She was Agnes, a librarian. And she was utterly confounded.

She kicked the box, a small, frustrated movement. Inside, she imagined, were things she wouldn't understand. Buttons, joysticks, and flashing lights. She started to peel the tape, then stopped. A slow burn rose in her cheeks. This was preposterous.

She left the box where it was, a monument to someone else's life, a life she wouldn't share. She went outside and walked a lap around the house.