After leaving our son in the mountains, we drove together back to separate homes, my ex-husband and I. Passed signs for caves. Caves inside other caves, a chain of holes beneath us, this road we drove once a vast sea. We passed Antietam, too, and because I like to hear him explain things, I ask […]
Issue 96
Rebecca Baggett: Daddy Box II
The locked box contains a pack of L&M cigarettes, a gray steel lighter, a frayed deck of cards, a brown beer bottle with a peeling label. Twist of black pepper, bottle of BBQ sauce, cup of dark coffee, handful of watermelon seed. A faded green cap, a black metal lunchbox, a scattering of wrenches and […]