It was a canary flying unfettered. The bird swooped from one side of the room to the other and voiced no song, its wings swatting the walls blindly. A breeze had caught hold of a lace curtain, the bottom of the fabric fluttered outside.
Ger looked up at the sky, hands clasped and resting in her lap, and I thought she might be done but she wasn’t.
And in all the time I stood there, the trapped canary was unable to locate an exit and never escaped.
"Echoed" from Dunes Review
“In that new car, I imagined the windows rolled down and the low rumble of the engine with Brenda by Dick’s side, and an endless future, possibilities limited only as far as their dreams traveled.”
- “Tour of Duty” from The Bay View Literary Magazine
Julia
Julia Poole is a writer and former speech-language therapist who worked with a variety of patients, including incarcerated youth. Her work has appeared in online and print publications. A Midwesterner at heart, she has lived on both coasts but prefers the wooded tranquility of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
When not writing, Julia can be found attending writer conferences and workshops or traveling with her husband and dog.