This is worth your time, find it, and read this great, great novel. I can’t wait to see what Ms. Culliton writes next.
The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton
Taxi Dreams
They get off the bridge and weave through the streets, and are soon downtown. Even though Pablo’s only been to that building once, he already remembers how to get there. There’s the same street with the broken lamp, and the mural of a Ferris wheel painted across a brick wall.
Nests, secrets, and splintered floors
We have all woken
frightened in the night,
listening to thick
drops of falling bees,