The Book of Frank [“Frank’s sister grew long blue feathers”]
By CAConrad
Frank’s sister grew long blue feathers
she said it was worse than cutting teeth
she spent a month screaming in the cave
pushing them out
Frank would lie in bed at night
touching his own back
crying
praying it wouldn’t
come to him
but the day his sister flew to the house
he stood by the window in awe
giant blue spread coming in across the lake
he heard the hunter’s shot before she did
Copyright Credit: CAConrad, [“Frank’s sister grew long blue feathers” (page 26)] excerpted from The Book of Frank. Copyright © 2009 by CA Conrad. Reprinted by permission of Wave Books.
Source: The Book of Frank (Wave Books)