The first thing I knew about you was that you were dying. The cancer preceded you and I wonder if you were jealous of the way it swelled and took up so much space, how it announced itself so loudly, how it made itself so at home. On your last Independence Day, it is one […]
Abby Bland
Abby Bland (she/her) lives and writes in Kansas City. Her work has appeared in Ghost City Review, What Are Birds? and elsewhere. Her chapbook The Odds Against a Starry Cosmos was published in November 2020 with Perennial Press. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter @applestoabby.