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Frances Koziar

I sit on the grass beside a leg of the bridge, and watch the water twirl and dance beneath an endless blue sky.

Above me, cars zoom by: loud to my silence, fast to my steady breathing. I finger the scar on my copper arm, still there after all these years, as I cup the flower I brought. I hear the screech of the tires in my memory, feel the blow of us striking the water.

Then, I toss my wife’s flower into the river, and watch it spin once before it’s carried away.

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FRANCES KOZIAR has published work in 50+ different literary magazines, and she is seeking an agent for NA fantasy novels and diverse children's fairy tales (PBs). Her prose is upcoming in "Daily Science Fiction" and "Best Canadian Essays 2021". She is a young (disabled) retiree and a social justice advocate, and she lives in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Website: https://franceskoziar.wixsite.com/author

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