I wasted away to a sprig of rosemary. I grew as translucent as a nightgown. I saw my own worthlessness in everything— a receding tideline or hairline, a late train, an early frost. I broke every bone in the sky and then reconstructed its skull, the sun and moon its eyes, the earth its burning […]
Rita Feinstein
Rita Feinstein, MFA, is the author of the chapbook Life on Dodge (Brain Mill Press, 2018). Her stories and poems have appeared in Permafrost, Grist, and Willow Springs, among others. She has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best New Poets.