I pick the brightest and biggest one I can find. Carefully, because they’re delicate. I hold it up and tip my head back, catching the drops on my outstretched tongue as they slip out of the shallow hole in the center of the flower. Honeysuckle.Sickly sweet. My mom planted the bushes herself. Dug into the hard ground and planted two of them behind my brothers’ window … [Read more...] about In The Red, By: Tori Flint
Tori Flint
About Tori Flint
Originally from Arizona, Tori K. Flint, Ph.D. is currently an Associate Professor of Literacy & Early Childhood Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She has published in various academic outlets. She is a lover of poetry and punk and is currently working on a lyrical memoir called (W)Hole.
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