Mel Bosworth
appeared in issue #4, Fall/Winter 2009 with the story, Por Su Hija (For His Daughter) Mel lives and breaths in Western Massachusetts. Read more at his website |  |
Por Su Hija (For His Daughter)
by Mel Bosworh
Miquel drove in reverse from Tumacacori to Nogales, engine winding. Red dust from the
mission covered the back of his hands like a bad rash, palms dragged clean down the
front of my blazer to my feet. The Santa Cruz River knew bette--surging south
alongside us, snaking from the north--but remained reticent as Miquel mashed the pedal
with a scuffed loafer, eyes forward, scorched rubber spinning us farther from su hija
muerta. I pinched the stem of the blood rose through my lapel and prayed for him, for us,
for the love that could not take it back. Through the windshield I watched the sky break
pink, and the towering saguaros lessen.
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