Laura Ma is a writer based in California. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Parentheses Journal, Claw & Blossom, Capsule Stories, Kissing Dynamite, among other places. She has been recognized by The New York Times and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. She will attend UC Berkeley in the fall.

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Fossil Record of a Drowning Carp

By LAURA MA

I wonder if they will call me moon goddess; if I will / chisel away a past life with carving knives / and grieving.