Stasis
I told my new co-worker how I
dreamt
my baby was a caterpillar.
It got twisted in my rubber band
bracelet
and fell mangled from my hands.
She thought I meant that I was
pregnant
and I had to tell her,
no.
With my arms folded in a
protective knot
over parts of me swollen and
sore
I had to tell her
no.
Shannon Connor Winward's work has appeared or is forthcoming in venues including: Pedestal Magazine, Flash Fiction Online, Vestal Review, Apiary, Clutching at Straws, Shot Glass Journal, Ideomancer, and the anthologies Jack-o'-Spec: Tales of Halloween and Fantasy (Raven Elektrik Ink) and Twisted Fairy Tales: Volume Two (Wicked East Press).
I told my new co-worker how I
dreamt
my baby was a caterpillar.
It got twisted in my rubber band
bracelet
and fell mangled from my hands.
She thought I meant that I was
pregnant
and I had to tell her,
no.
With my arms folded in a
protective knot
over parts of me swollen and
sore
I had to tell her
no.
Shannon Connor Winward's work has appeared or is forthcoming in venues including: Pedestal Magazine, Flash Fiction Online, Vestal Review, Apiary, Clutching at Straws, Shot Glass Journal, Ideomancer, and the anthologies Jack-o'-Spec: Tales of Halloween and Fantasy (Raven Elektrik Ink) and Twisted Fairy Tales: Volume Two (Wicked East Press).
