Written by
Carrie Chappell

Carrie Chappell is originally from Birmingham, Alabama. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans’ Creative Writing Workshop. Some of her work has appeared in Bateau, Belleville Park Pages, Blue Mesa Review, Harpur Palate, The Iowa Review, Parcel, Paris Lit Up, and The Volta. Currently, she serves as Assistant Editor of Sundog Lit and lives in Paris, France.

Before Flight

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what is the tongue as it passes. all the things
that enter. what does it take. what is it that cuts

it. through her, makes her flip a switch. take
songs. what is of the tongue that moves her hips. how

does it cry to music. is it working. with method.
a spell. why would it be nice for it to saunter,

to possess. either. why does it think it knows color.
blue, like a grey cat watching a tornado. what is it that

wilts in pernod. what in this tongue is trying. to get
away. to sit new in old land. why does it think it hurts.

what is it heeding. what is it calling. calls to it. what
lies in it. comes out. peeps so blindly. why like a tunnel

car, squeaky at the edges. what is its terror. its depth.
why does it light off in a hunt in the yolk of morning.

Artwork by Nashmia Haroon

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