wishbone Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/wishbone/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:00:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 wishbone Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/wishbone/ 32 32 135387410 The Afternoon of Your Cremation https://elephantsnever.com/the-afternoon-of-your-cremation/ https://elephantsnever.com/the-afternoon-of-your-cremation/#respond Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:00:43 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1146 by Leah Mueller Strip from bone and evaporate to wherever the dried blood goes. Memories seethe: your abrupt assault, your terrified love. Bulbous digits, teeth in a sawdust box embossed with an Indian’s head. Wishbone and sage. You always said I talked too much, though my voice never reached very far. I pretend you were kind, pretend you wanted our Read More

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