Dian Duchin Reed

The Bay

The narrow beach is all mine, because the other kids have been told the water will make them glow in the dark and not in a good way, since everyone knows that the oil refineries ringing the bay dump their waste into it, an easy-peasy way to get rid of what you don’t want, like shifting your spinach to under your plate until Mom leaves the kitchen and you can lose it in the trash, unlike with the bay, which is shallow and has a narrow inlet, so that what goes in tends to stay in.

bright night
turning the page
to Pisces

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About the Author

Dian Duchin Reed is an award-winning writer whose poems, articles, essays, and photographs have appeared in many publications. Her books include Medusa Discovers Styling Gel (poetry) and Dao De Jing: Laozi’s Timeless Wisdom (translated from the Chinese). Learn more at dianduchinreed.com.

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