Thursday, October 1, 2020

Cookie-Cutter Dream by Martha Christina

We’re at the drinking 
fountain, just in from 
recess. My third-grade 
boyfriend’s wearing 
his Cub Scout uniform 
and opens the wallet he 
made at camp to show me 
a picture of his grandsons; 
two never-born boys 
with his red hair and freckles. 



Martha Christina is a frequent contributor to Brevities. Longer work appears in Innisfree Poetry Journal, Naugatuck River Review, earlier postings of Red Eft Review, and most recently in Star 82 Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Tiny Seed Literary Journal's Pollinator Project. She has published two collections: Staying Found (Fleur-de-lis Press) and Against Detachment (Pecan Grove Press).

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