Childhood Thumbnails
by Judy L. Brekke
I baked mud pies with
sticky, rotting plums
drank milk with
red pepper flakes
sister
sister
stuck razor blades
in electrical outlets
put her
put her
in the closet
closed the door
sister
sister
ate the rocks
from the sandbox
doctor
doctor
arrived at apartment
in the wood box I hid
dare
dare
double dare
drink the milk with worms
die
die
my father’s told
your daughter’s dead
