Crow would miss the little house more than he would ever care to say. While all his sisters said their goodbyes, he hung upside down on the roof's ledge and waited for rain to fall into his mouth, tasting like the brightest war that would never come.
MONIQUE QUINTANA is a Xicana from Fresno, CA, and the author of Cenote City (Clash Books, 2019). Her work has appeared in Maudlin House, Wildness, Lost Balloon, The Acentos Review, and other publications. She has been supported by Yaddo, the Sundress Academy for the Arts, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, and the Community of Writers. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter @quintanagothic.