I Keep My Distance From Home These DAys

by Rachel Small


 
I have a habit of telling people that I live outside of town, a  proximity made up of miles and space unattended. A doll’s head caught on a tree branch marks the halfway line, counting cars. Sometimes I act like the town itself isn’t both a launchin…
 
 

 

Rachel Small is a writer based outside of Ottawa. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in magazines including blood orange, Anti-Heroin Chic, Thorn Literary Magazine, the winnow magazine, Ample Remains, and Northern Otter Press. Her upcoming mini chapbook will be published with Whispering Wick Press. You can find her on Twitter @rahel_taller.