I reached for the control strip and tapped the edit icon. Immediately, the scene changed to a woodland, dark fir trees casting long shadows beneath a heavy winter sky. For background effect, I added ... [+]
Hannah Rousselot (she/her) has published two long works, Fragments of You (Kelsay Press) and Ocean Currents (forthcoming from Finishing Line Press). You can follow her work on facebook.com/hmrpoetry or @hannahrousselot, or at hannahrousselot.com. "Flipside" is in Short Circuit #04, Short Édition's quarterly review.
If you find my sorrow keep it. It has been too longfestering and coagulating and self congratulating.And I, unbound by it, might maybe hopefully finallyreach those floating cities perched on colossal turtleswhose shadows we grieve under and leave us begging for purchase.But probably likely doubtlessly I will just end up pining for itthe same way the sand longs for the tiny creatures leaving their eggshellsthat disturb its grainy pattern leave into turbulent and bitter water.