Stretched out across the white-on-bluemy friend Nathanial Birdsongis dying under the same sky as the egretswho mispronounce his name, dyingin the same hospital that admittedmy parents after the deer crash.When we were kids, the forest skywas filled with loopholes anda deer leapt out of the night,hind smashed against the Broncowindshield. I could not stop crying,Nathanial …
Woe-Bear-I-was-left-alone-with—oversized head custom-made to fitsuch enormous sadness—puts his head on my lap,his body stoked with cotton wool and folk song,left ear mangled from that time he was suspendedabove the waste disposal. His screams closed-captionedso parents can’t read them. Later claimed the let gowas accidental.From one side to the next we pass bridgeswe know, until we …
Bang-bang in the park pond, ducks concussedand my daughter’s scream unfurls. Teenagers lobbingM-80s into the water for fun. I snap a perpetratorwith my phone, and my kid picks up the house keythat drops from my pocket. Like a mini-Caesar feedingon grapes, she tilts back her head, holds the key aloft.Don’t you dare put that in …
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