No. 1 · Esther
On a Magpie
A handsome magpie, resplendent, handsome magpie, strode in the rain. Drops sleekly slid along his dress and onto the grass thirsting for more, then he stopped.…
No. 1 · EstherNo Regrets
In eighty-nine years, I've forgotten too much important stuff, except how to make daisy chains. My sister taught me.
No. 1 · EstherOn a News Report
She says, "Oh. How terrible. How could a man do that to his kids." It's such a terrible waste." Some time earlier today, he'd picked up…
No. 1 · EstherAfter Night-Rain
At some point, I'll wake and it will be dark outside. There'll be a frog, out there somewhere, and with its call I'll remember years in…
No. 1 · EstherA Memory of the Old Farm
I remember the parting after. We were beneath the ancient apple trees, by the outhouse inhabited by accretions of refuse from the fallen farmhouse. We shared,…