today she took a walk in the park the tips of her bare toes catching under the leaves kicking them up and laughing like a child pushing down a house of cards king queen jack embracing and catching one another moments before impact. with knots and snarls in her hair she looked wild fey sweet with arms full of apples with no worms and grasshoppers snagging forelegs on the hem of her grey green skirt she looked happy and alien a forgotten scion of the earth under the arms of the trees and the softly... read more
