Apr 20, 2018
With Time Their Wings Fade
Where skinny shoulder blades should have ended, they began, two shadows sprouting from the child’s back. Wings made of dust.
Erika Swyler is the author of The Book of Speculation (St. Martin's Press, 2015). Her writing has appeared in VIDA Review, Monkey Bicycle, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She is on Twitter: @erikaswyler
Where skinny shoulder blades should have ended, they began, two shadows sprouting from the child’s back. Wings made of dust.
