The Scavenger’s Garden
A surge of panic washed over me as I followed Ronni over the threshold…
When Olivia was younger, her mom would pretend to eat her.
“Look low to the pavement after you pass the Jugged Hare,”…
Wires hung like stalactites, suspended from the warehouse ceiling.
“It has all been for naught”…
There within her open hands laid the invitation.
I started first grade about a month after Dad disappeared.
I brought the axe down hard on another junk of wood…
A surge of panic washed over me as I followed Ronni over the threshold…