Rhubarb Season
A rooster crowed at the first
strike of light, awaking the stone
child who held her own
child, and was herself
a child. In England, the first
rhubarb of the year is harvested
by candlelight to enhance a more
tender, sweeter stalk. There’s even
a Rhubarb Triangle, where growing sheds
dot the land. This resembles wonder. Salt
on rhubarb is what you remember. You
offer a bite to the stone child. She
wrinkles her face into a smile. You’ll never
get used to the way memory
makes you live many lives. In a single season
of rhubarb, countless
stone children are unearthed.
New American Writing 37
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