Week Two I risk a tripto King Soopersfor essentials:milk, bread,eggs, bananas.Shoppers smilesix feet waryand swallow the urgeto cough, converse. A sneeze—we freeze. MORE: See all of our Write On, Colorado entries and learn how to contribute your own here. A green plantdroops, a shamrockon clearance. A bargainwasting awayat ninety-nine cents.Moved by the hungerto heal, my glovedhand selectsthis […]
Susan Delaney Spear
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Some days, the color of everything matches my mood — blue
Colorado Covid Blues The sky’s been painted Solitude:gray, with a single drop of blue. Mineral, Quebec: the names of streetsblare by in artificial blue. The weight of snow buckles branches;even evergreens have the blues. Head down, she tromps the rock-strewn path,then, the flit and pulse of three bluebirds. MORE: See all of our Write On, Colorado […]