“She liked time at the edges of things—the edge of the crowd, the edge of the pool, the edge of the wood—where all must pass but none quite belonged.”
― Hild
― Hild
“All different yet somehow alike-not family but easy with one another and loud, laughing and singing, bright and clean. The same bright, the same clean she remembered from the scent of the promised lake. The girl’s heart soared: a story came alive from legend, knights hunting dragons!”
― Spear
― Spear
“A name, she thinks, is what makes a person who they are. A name is how they know themself.”
― Spear
― Spear
“Even the dead had names.”
― Spear
― Spear
“Like a Wife
The week before my wedding, my friend's dad
said: just don't get fat, like other wives do.
And so I brined him in a deep salt bath, added
thyme and celery. Devoured him whole, in one
big bite, so he could see just how hungry a
woman can be.”
― What Kind of Woman: Poems
The week before my wedding, my friend's dad
said: just don't get fat, like other wives do.
And so I brined him in a deep salt bath, added
thyme and celery. Devoured him whole, in one
big bite, so he could see just how hungry a
woman can be.”
― What Kind of Woman: Poems
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