Illustration by Jacqueline Subkhanberdina
I would like
to remember you.
I would not like
to roll the rock back up the mountain.
If I were
to build a ship, a Big Ship, an ARK,
I would
cross and (re)cross playground puddles.
I would
call them all ‘the ocean.’
Reese Alexander (she/her) is a senior studying English and Creative Writing at Barnard. Her stories have been published in Quarto, Echoes, 4x4, Flash Fiction Magazine, Five on the Fifth, Literally Stories, Laurel Moon, The Greene Street Review, and Trinity College Dublin's The Attic. She may be reached via carrier pigeon or tin can. She can be found on Instagram @erinreesealex.