Ann Hudson – Basketball
Basketball My father nailed a basketball hoop to a catalpa tree beside the shed, a growing tree which in a handful of years would raise that rim far beyond our reach. No matter that dribbling was improbable in the dirt and roots, the glossy, brown catalpa pods crunching underfoot. My sister flung a heavy ball […]
Megan Wildhood – When Do Death and Destruction Break?
When Do Death and Destruction Break? Sacred: every eddy, home run, cat, all flooring, seeds rough air, boulders, ponytails, sinkholes. It is hard to believe that every rock is holy. It’s pouring wind and flood. I long for an earlier date of birth. Old people, who in ancient times did not walk fast, scuttle toward […]
