Spring 2018 Excerpts
Alexa Bergen
Sunlight
For Leah the only really good thing about living in the cabin was Sunday mornings when she wedged herself between her father, Calum, and her mother, Marigold, to bask in their warmth like a tabby cat in the sun. Calum and Mari read sheets of music as if they were newspapers, humming parts they found interesting and passing pages back and forth over Leah’s sturdy eight-year-old form. Sunlight Continued
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Maisie Kirn
Hands
Someone’s bought up all the cheese at Albertson’s grocery.
There’s a few bags of shredded cheddar left on the shelf
but they’re all molded up at the seams
and cheddar is no good for lasagna anyway.
My kindergarten teacher