Day: March 20, 2013

Spirit by oysteronahalfshell

Kiss of Death

My five year old meant to visit her rabbit a few weeks back when we were at our farm.  She was so excited, as she had not seen Cottontail for months.  But our caretaker, oblivious to the fragility of childhood, forgot to warn me that Cottontail had died last month.  And so our happy road […]

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Spirit by oysteronahalfshell

Onion-skinned

Onion-skinned   I did not cry.  My mother left me with my father, taking all my joy with her.  I did not cry.  My father was lifted up in the air on a private plane, strapped to a hospital bed.  I did not cry.  He told me he was coming home with my dollhouse, the one that had a green […]

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