Bereavement
by Alex Epstein
Her parents reminisce: as a child, instead of using a bookmark, she would write in books with a marker: “I’m here.” “I’m here.” “I’m here.”
All rights reserved by the author. Illustration © 2012 by David Polonsky. Translated by Jessica Cohen.
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