Norie Suzuki (she/her) was born and educated bilingually in Tokyo, Japan, where she writes and works as a simultaneous interpreter. She received an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Baltimore Review, 34 Orchard, Cutleaf, and elsewhere.

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Where the Blue Rests

By NORIE SUZUKI

Blue in action was a matter of life or death, and you avoided it at all costs, not jump into it like Chikara unless you wanted to die.