I smash CLVI with the bottom of a soda glass. Head and thorax pancaked under the circular bottom, back legs still poised, ready to spring. “Got it,” I say, but my love is already scrawling the numerals on the wall with black sharpie. C. L. V. I. I do the math. One thousand crickets dropped […]
Julia McCoy
Julia McCoy is a middle school English teacher in Boise, Idaho. She has a piece published in CommuterLit, as well as several pieces in a local anthology through The Cabin, a nonprofit literary arts organization. She enjoys traveling, biking, and working to promote an equal and fair public education opportunity for all.