Elephant Net

The heat’s breathing heavy and my stuffed elephant wants to shake off her heavy skin, I can tell.We hung fake stars in our window to drown out the lights from the cars driving by and the phones walking by and the eyes poking in because all of that keeps us awake and alert and reminds [...]

Stinkbug

I have a vision of an insect coming across the giant strawberry in the sink late at night and nibbling at it until it is a massive, monstrous creature moving around my house, two legs at a time, leaving indentations in the carpet with its huge, heavy feet.

Cold-cut Turkey

I pushed the box into the freezer of my guts and felt it rumbling around. I wanted him to put his hand on my stomach so he could feel that I had contained it and be proud.

Fruit

Empty plastic bodies and lids—skeletal Tupperware remains—clatter to the floor beneath me and roll around my feet.