Posts by Kerr Heidinger
Kaleidoscope
I hold my new kaleidoscope up to the light. I am five years old, and it’s snowing outside on Christmas morning, like it never does anymore. Well-kempt lawns throughout my neighborhood lie blanketed in white. I turn the soft cardboard slowly to reveal the fragmented shadows of brilliant blues, reds, purples, and greens. I long…
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Floating alone with my life preserver in the middle of rippling black water, I feel the whole world slow down. I push wet hair out of my eyes and watch the scene in front of me as if through a TV screen. The sound of the boat’s engine and the touch of the waves slapping…
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