Alison C. Rollins - original [sin]

       In ancient Greece, for all her heroes, for Medea    ...    water meant death.
       — Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones

 

i poured a bowl of cereal,

threw the empty box in the

trash can. granddaddy pulled

 

the box from the trash,

poured the crumbs into a

bowl, then doused the sand

 

in milk. he looked down at the

bowl, murmuring about how

he had survived the depression. told

 

a story about asking for hot water

at colored diners, how he would

pour ketchup in cups to make soup.

 

this was...