I saw naked women scrubbing salted skin as my mother ushered me past. Eyes lingered on bodies raw and round. Breasts dangling, bellies drooping. Sketched scars and stretch marks painted in different shades. Clay earth, bruised sky, blue vein. My own body was a girl’s then. Still, I’d graduated from running naked through my home […]
Haley DiRenzo
Haley DiRenzo is a writer, poet, and practicing attorney specializing in eviction defense. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Flash Fiction Magazine, The Winged Moon, and Ink in Thirds, among others. She is on BlueSky at @haleydirenzo.bsky.social and lives in Colorado with her husband and dog.