Kharkiv

Six Words: Squeeze, Judge, Jelly, Tin, Quiet, Passage

In a basement in Kharkiv, a boy looked around, trying to judge whether he could move outdoors to pee. Then, quietly, he squeezed through the passage between sheets of tin that had once been a fence. In his pocket, a tin of sardines and a packet of jelly. Once, not long ago, he had more. Once, not long ago, he had parents.