The boy comes to school with some guns in a bag and one in his hands and starts shooting. He points the gun at us; he says bang. He says bang bang bang, like he is playing cowboy, cops and robbers, Duck Hunt. He pulls the trigger and we don’t die. We turn into birds […]
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If the Fluttering of Butterfly Wings by Cathy Ulrich
If you are on a walk with your brother’s wife and she gets hit by a car. If she turns into a kaleidoscope of butterflies upon impact, whirling into the air. If the driver peels away, spitting gravel from beneath his tires. If you hold still till all the butterflies come to nest on you. […]