Edition2

by CHARNTEL CLEVELAND This home, it holds me. It heaves when I say I’m leaving. Halls lean in, stalling me, stained wallpaper restraining. Steam beads bathroom mirrors like a panicked brow. Desperate floorboards creak, bleating my name as I walk,…

by CHARNTEL CLEVELAND Baby gurgles on a blanket while you plunder Nan’s yard, dodging bindis and burrs for the enchantment of dandelions. You offer Nan the yellow flowers but save the fluffy ones. Stoked with her posey, Nan finds a…