They say the forests adopt the children of fathers who have disappeared, and mothers who have succumbed to melancholy. To me and my brothers, this was true. We had been placed and replaced like furniture with blemishes - discarded because of our tiny imperfections. And in every car ride, from limbo to limbo, I would see the trees waving to me - the willows always looked like they were dancing - an...

“Education, connection. Separation, divorcion!”

The ex-wife turns to the husband from across the lawyer’s table, “Will you please shut the fuck up? Divorcion isn’t even a real word.”

The ex-husband slams his hands on the table and pushes his head toward her in a rage, “Fuck you! How bout you make me!”

She turns to the lawyer, “That is consent isn’t it?”

The lawyer pauses a bit, “Technicall...

You loved me so fiercely before

I never thought I could actually feel that kind of warmth inside me

But that has receded so quickly, hasn’t it

I’m sure your’s has flickered away

But I’m still left with that pain

To passion for you

I want to always keep that writhing sting

That burning iron should always be lit

So let me burn that iron on my skin

Let it fizzle the arm hairs, they don’t ma...

“Want to see the stars align?”

The father draws a string connecting the dispersed white ticks making the black glow blue. And in one motion, one pull of the string, a tiny ~thun~ vibrated and straightened all the stars to create a line of bright pearls - and he hangs the new necklace around his daughter’s neck.

“Wow! It’s so pretty! How did you do that?”

“It’s just a simple trick, you could ...

“I like what your wearing, but I like your voice even more, and I bet you love to hear yourself too, don’t you? Tell me a story.”

“What do you wanna hear sweet thing? Drink up.”

“Tell me about the scariest thing you know! I wanna feel like a scared little girl again. Mind you I’m pretty superstitious, and this doesn’t help to be brave like people say it does.”

“It has seven stars molded onto...