Thirty-one years she lived by the bay and never once did she swim, bare toes never felt the cool wet sand not once did the sun kiss her cheeks. Now she has old-woman arms bruised and red-spotted never tanned, never burnt. She could say she was healthy but oh, what a brindled and dim mother—wife—daughter—niece […]
Tobi Alfier
Tobi Alfier’s credits include Arkansas Review, The American Journal of Poetry, Cholla Needles, Gargoyle, James Dickey Review, Jerry Jazz Musician, Louisiana Literature, Permafrost, Ragaire, and Washington Square Review. She is co-editor of San Pedro River Review (www.bluehorsepress.com).
One Spoon or Two
She’s pitched fits about your hearing and you knew she was unhappy. Still, the sound of her suitcase being thrown on the bed to fill hit you like a Taser. You had no trouble hearing that, you ass. Shrink after shrink after shrink’s talked so much about it, you’d think there’s a picture of you […]