She lies on our bed whimpering under a blanket she’s kicked off ten times this morning- how am I to know whether to warm her or take away the warmth as her fever rages, marches past the Tylenol we gave, the chilled towels, the bag of frozen peas I pressed and pressed to her swollen […]
Hillery Stone
Hillery Stone: Losing Another
Again they’re taking a tooth, this time a molar at the very back. It’s dead, they say. Rotting the gum right through. It’s all so definite: a sweep of the occlusal surfaces; a hulking metal plate jammed in. This is the way with things gone bad. The root is where the justice is. What is […]