There was a moment when I felt a sort of thin, hot disappointment, as when a fish slips off the line. Only I was the one going to be lost.
Month: October 2014
There was a moment when I felt a sort of thin, hot disappointment, as when a fish slips off the line. Only I was the one going to be lost.
Within the compartment, the sound of our quick breathing was louder than the clatter of tracks. I was trying to slow down, to make it all last, and when she covered my mouth with her hand I turned my face to the window and looked out.
Within the compartment, the sound of our quick breathing was louder than the clatter of tracks. I was trying to slow down, to make it all last, and when she covered my mouth with her hand I turned my face to the window and looked out.
March. After the thaw. I am walking through the cemetery, thinking about my endless life. One of the beauties of living in Cleveland is that any direction feels like progress. I’ve memorized the map.
March. After the thaw. I am walking through the cemetery, thinking about my endless life. One of the beauties of living in Cleveland is that any direction feels like progress. I’ve memorized the map.
‘Warrior queens,’ she said, wrapping her thin strong arms around me. ‘I raised warrior queens.’ She kissed me fiercely and went into the woods by herself.
‘Warrior queens,’ she said, wrapping her thin strong arms around me. ‘I raised warrior queens.’ She kissed me fiercely and went into the woods by herself.
Rahima told her that she was doing a bad thing, and God would be angry with her. In Amrika they would make her child pray to Jishu. She would surely go to hell because she let her child go with kristans. But Amrika and kristan did not make much sense to her.
Rahima told her that she was doing a bad thing, and God would be angry with her. In Amrika they would make her child pray to Jishu. She would surely go to hell because she let her child go with kristans. But Amrika and kristan did not make much sense to her.