faye rapoport despres
There is no joy behind this dirty old glass. The air is thick with dust and dead insects. A map of the world is pinned to the wall, faded and false. A tattered red book I pulled from the shelf is a diary written in the ghetto. God.
Ten minutes ago I opened a window and begged until a trapped wasp flew out.
I could do it, you know. I could slip into shimmering blue wings. I’m blue anyway. I could circle, fly higher and higher, then dive. I could hurtle toward earth, and then rise.
Faye Rapoport DesPres earned her MFA at the Solstice Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College in 2010. Her first book, a memoir-in-essays titled Message From a Blue Jay, was published by independent press Buddhapuss Ink in 2014. She’s had both creative nonfiction and fiction published in a variety of literary journals, including Ascent, Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, Bending Genres, Platte Valley Review, and Superstition Review. She also authors a children's book series called Stray Cat Stories and donates a portion of the proceeds to non-profit animal rescue organizations. The first two books are: Little White: The Feral Cat Who Found a Home and Tribbs: The Very Handsome Cat.