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Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 4364 Registered: 11-1998 |
Honorable Mention Why Jonah’s Wife Was Never Found Treezaa (T.E. Ballard) An ordinary woman does not die quietly, she holds her breath, dives under, waits waits for something bigger than what she is avoiding. Possibility of being swallowed alive, heart beating in a whale blubbery flesh then she builds her home. She builds her home as she quickly forgets earth, sky, sea. Life is white bone, rib cage of where she unpacks her bags. It is here a man enters, one who remembers her naked and young, sitting on rocks breaking shells of crab with her red teeth. It is here they enter each other while the beast rocks them to sleep. The man will not stay, his legs will begin to ache and the green fish will grow out of his tongue. Only a woman can live in the belly of a whale She is used to lying perfectly still while the weight of another takes her away. |
