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Breath & Shadow
Fall 2022 - Vol. 19, Issue 4
"Bells"
written by
Brooke Brannon
Smile like a sine wave
My face, half haunted
They call it a palsy but it’s not
It is
My mother’s face each morning when she sees I have not improved
My partner talking like a pirate
Three eyepatches on my nightstand
Drops gels ointments
Terror of blindness
Out to dinner, waitresses avoid my face
Mom was right
My face did freeze that way
Brooke Brannon is an American who lives and works in England. Her fiction appears in The Disappointed Housewife, Tales to Terrify, and aHa magazine. One of her short stories, "Why I'm Angry," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021.
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