My god. How have I not heard of this before? Absolute genius. The ..I just...ah? I can't. The way the writing style from the main character's POV progresses from sounding totally normal, to near insanity...it's terribly striking. And she's such a sweet, tired lady, too..ach. I feel horrible for her. The symbolism is clear enough and WOW. I'm blown away. Definitely one of the best short stories I have ever read.