Keywords
Mortality, Repentance, Isolation
Document Type
Fiction
Description
Within an hour after slipping off the little cliffside, she accepted that she would die there, among the juniper trees and sagebrush and sand. While she lay there on the rocks at the bottom, unable to stand, she grazed her fingertips over the familiar place where her left ribs should be. A few ribs protruded under the skin, unfamiliar, and every time she allowed air into her lungs, the left side protested violently. In exchange for air, she set her chest on fire. She tried to call for help but couldn’t breathe enough air to yell louder than speaking volume. She couldn’t stand, either—her left leg faced the wrong way, and her calf was torn open by bone.
Recommended Citation
Knudsen, Abby
(2022)
"Wild Geese,"
Inscape: Vol. 42:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/inscape/vol42/iss1/5