{"id":2334,"date":"2021-01-28T12:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T17:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2021-01-28T12:32:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T17:32:30","slug":"unafraid-ready-by-radiance-angelina-petro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=2334","title":{"rendered":"Unafraid, Ready, By Radiance Angelina Petro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unafraid, Ready<\/p>\n

By<\/p>\n

Radiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Walking through a waist-high field beyond Ypsilanti,<\/p>\n

brushing my palms over the whispering grain.\u00a0 The field ends<\/p>\n

at a gray, gravel road between an abandoned train station<\/p>\n

and dandelion-decorated tracks.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Unsure how far it goes.\u00a0 Resolute I will not turn back.<\/p>\n

Passing rusted, graffiti-swirled husks of train cars,<\/p>\n

I know I\u2019m being watched from somewhere by someone(s),<\/p>\n

and I am unafraid.\u00a0 My jean-jacket flutters a little in the thin-<\/p>\n

aired summer wind.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A gray grasshopper helicopters from out of nowhere and lands<\/p>\n

some distance ahead.\u00a0 It blends so well with the road it disappears.<\/p>\n

As I near, it suddenly lifts in a whir of black-speckled wings, turns, banks,<\/p>\n

and again, lands in the road aways. \u00a0This time, I follow it with my eyes.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help–and don\u2019t care if I can\u2019t help–wondering.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Barred ticket windows, signs saying keep away from the tracks,<\/p>\n

do not pass the yellow line; a stopped clock, stock tracks<\/p>\n

with forever locked switches.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The grasshopper rubs its hind legs, readying to catapult itself<\/p>\n

into the air. \u00a0I drop my jacket, take off my t-shirt, unafraid,<\/p>\n

and wings emerge from my shoulder blades\u2014<\/p>\n

unfolding, veined, transparent, fanning open, parting, thrumming,<\/p>\n

ready.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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