Moonlight for Monsters
The first time it happens is my birthday. Close my eyes to splash my face, water washin’ away the mud cake dirt crusted…
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Mother Cow
In many ways, Mammi reminded me of a mother cow. She filled herself by feeding others, she modeled grace and quiet, and with creamy confections like butter, she made milk taste like magic.
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The Cry Inside
1 I sat on a towel on the floor while my friend had a bath. We were talking about public transport and…
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Cherry
Content Warning: Miscarriage My grandmother’s cherries have little stripes on them – actually, polka dots. They taste sweeter than the earth and are…
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The Chip Witch
The café’s ceiling fan made a noise like hunt-and-peck typing. I sat alone at a little round table right beneath it, looking up movie…
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Pegs
She stood looking in the fridge and asked why I had moved her sauces? I replied what sauces? She said the mayonnaise and sriracha,…
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IF I’M A WATER-BEARING AIR SIGN DOES THAT MAKE ME PERSPIRATION?: DECEMBER
I’m a fancy adult with a set of fancy kitchen knives, so I used the old op shop kitchen knife to hack at the…
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As Rachel, As Sarah
I am leaving Lileahalong an empty farm road: ice-grabbeddairy grass, a devil smashed on the asphalt—the clean pipe of its femur hollowly becoming. Emptiness…
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Tongue With Teeth
Unnerving, the shell. Perhapsterrible, the broad, muscular foot, my legume of possibility, my knot of protein anchoredin a soup. Just a plain soup. I…
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