Pequeña Estrella
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Pequeña Estrella

We were up on the ridge, me with a little star in my pocket and the light of a cloudy, icy day in my eyes. But those eyes hadn’t seen the sky-stars in days.

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I Don’t Wanna
Beth Downing Beth Downing

I Don’t Wanna

Sometimes it's okay (nay, necessary) to eighty-six the adventure.

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Pictured
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Pictured

The owl stitched us together: sitting on the shoulder of a child and being haltingly put together on a table on a humid afternoon in the flat city of my childhood.

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