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The Unfinished Cathedral – ENTIRE STORY (Alexandra)
1 The first thing Tara noticed about the cathedral was that it looked lopsided. On one side they had built a tall tower but on the other side they were still building the tower, and there was all this ugly construction stuff on it. She wanted it to all be pretty and match up, but…
2 Borders, 2 Faces (FULL STORY)
The syncopated rhythm of a child’s laughter rippled through the air. It was the first thing that coaxed Rojilia to consciousness, a sound at once near to her eardrums, yet worlds away. She could feel something cool and solid pressing against her shoulder blades and hip bones. The air around her smelled pristine and…
The Unfinished Cathedral – Day 24 (Alexandra)
“Ahhh!” Immediately after she had screamed it, she covered her mouth. She stared at Samantha and their faces were almost touching. Samantha was looking at her with a falling smile like Tara had just broken a promise, like she was a terrible person. She could still hear her scream echoing from the secret corners of the church….
2 Borders, 2 Faces (Last Day 24)
And then consciousness. Her senses were in a jumble. Distorted and uncertain. Displaced. Competing smells swam into Rojilia’s nostrils. Her body was stiff, and big. Far too big. Counter-Lilliputian syndrome was hitting her hard. Crammed around her was a lot of stuff hanging from the drawers, overloading the kitchen, strewn across the hard-wood floor. Rojilia…
The Unfinished Cathedral -Day 23 (Alexandra)
She saw something out of the corner of her eye, though, that made her turn away from Samantha. Beside her, through one of the flower-holes in the banister, was the dinosaur’s head. Its skull was as big as she was and its mouth was open and showing its teeth impolitely like it was grinning and…
2 Borders, 2 Faces (Day 23)
And Rojilia couldn’t tell which one of them was smaller in that moment. Who fit the dust under the shoe metaphor, which one of them exactly was lost to the shadows? Her thoughts were heavy, tugging on her consciousness. They pulled so hard in fact that she lost it altogether.
The Unfinished Cathedral – Day 22 (Alexandra)
The booms stopped, but lingered in the air–first as a fading sound, and then as a fading sound-memory that wouldn’t leave her head. Their voices stopped, too–both she and Samantha quit screaming as soon as the sounds stopped. Tara walked forward, only looking at Samantha. If she just looked at Samantha and didn’t look down…
2 Borders, 2 Faces (Day 22)
And then they arrived at the water’s edge. There were more giants bumping into each other. And noise, a lot of noise. Someone grabbed Alulaa by the waist in the hustle and bustle. They leaned her forward, and Rojilia came tumbling out of her pocket. No one noticed. No one but the giant girl-child. Alulaa…
The Unfinished Cathedral – Day 21 (Alexandra)
And then she saw Samantha, way across the way, on a sort of balcony that jutted out into the cathedral. She was far away and all Tara could really see of her was her blonde head tinted red on one side with the light from a stained-glass window that was out of sight. She was…
2 Borders, 2 Faces (Day 21)
Rojilia was attentive. To the movement, the walking, the bus rides, the thickness of time. Wide awake. Wishing to be home. Alulaa dreamt of Daddy’s mustache, collecting toys, and tiny people from strange worlds blowing up inside of glass boxes. Fast asleep. Wishing she were home.
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