Twice a Week for a Month and a Half

I did not remove the hook from its mouth. The vet did that. All I did was force feed it antibiotics and hope.

“Bird,” I said, “I’m a hopeless romantic.”

“Girl,” it said, “me too.”

Twice a Week for a Month and a Half is poetic short fiction. Make what you will of it, but for me, it’s about finding and losing meaning together, then having to start over. You can read it here in issue 12 of Marrow Magazine with this image by Greg Rosenske, evocative of the cormorant in the story and disorientation of loss.

Twice a Week… was a live performance reading with Jagadeesh Arunachalam that filled the room with the comforting sound of udgeeth pranayama at STPLN for Gallerihelg 2024, and a part of a combined work entitled Shared Breath.