The old plum tree on the vacant lot where the family home stood two decades since bends like a dancer, two arms reaching in from the fence, black twigs tipped in purple. It bloomed outside the kitchen door that banged when the child who could not drink cow’s milk came home with a shout from school.
An Oakland, California, native, Suzanne Gill is a graduate of St. John’s College in Santa Fe. She has done a number of interesting things and hopes to do more.
Featured Photo by Helen Doremus
Sentience Literary Journal 