Tag: Flash
-
I Am (2)
Vagina July 14, 2024- Home, 7:30 I am a vagina. An anatomical organ, a black hole that is mysterious, isolated, hidden. A hole that leads to a canal and then to a box. An entrance to life-making, creation and pleasure. I am invaded the moment I realize my being.. Pleasure? I am the subject of…
-
Rice Wasn’t Like the Others
When the gunfire echoed through the valley that day, the dogs barked, the cats scattered, and the birds fled. Even the wind felt afraid. But Rice didn’t make a sound, he didn’t flinch, he didn’t run. He stood there by the fig tree, blinking slowly, the sun catching the edge of his one chipped horn.…
-
Then, I Remembered Everything
Heavy thunders brewed outside the night a stranger called my dad asking for help. Mom and I were listening, terrified. Who could be calling now? He wanted help, he told my dad. A cat was stuck in his car engine, hiding. Horrible thoughts invaded my mind and I began to imagine the worst – he’s…
-
Grey
The floor trembled beneath the pink skin of my grey paws. Earlier that day on August 4th, 2020, as I later heard mom call it, nothing extraordinary had happened. I woke up grandma as soon as I could see a crack of light outside – I can’t remember if I thought she was dead after…
-
White confetti
Darine opens her eyes; her vision is blurred with white confetti. She fixes her head in the fluff of her mother’s sweater. Earlier that day, Darine sat on a plastic chair on the balcony reading Perks of Being a Wallflower. Her mother sat on the floor next to her with a bucket of water and…