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~ All Too Human ~ ~ by Mike Foster, New York |
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Palms touch. Fingers interlace… One all too human; The other, perfect polymer. |
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~ ~ ~ Need ~ ~ ~ ~ by Paul Latham, Tennessee |
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She takes my hand ~ pulling me, wanting me to drive the stake into her haunted heart. |
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Origin
of a Species
by Rachel Van Horn
©2010
"This is where we came from. According to the sacred
threads
found in caves of our home world, our ancestors came out that
portal,
eons ago," her father explained. "When you come of age, we
bring you on
a pilgrimage because it is important you know who you are."
"What’s on the other side, and why did they cross over?"
"According to our ancestors' knittings, they came from a
strange world where they were enslaved by giant creatures that
forced them to protect and warm their feet, and these humans
would put them in large machines full of water and heat to clean
them. Once in a while, conditions were right to create a
portal, and one would come through. They came alone, but
according to sacred threads, they were once pairs, and humans
called our ancestors ‘socks.’"
~ Rachel
Van Horn,
Georgia ©2010
Rachel teaches composition and writing at Georgia Southern
University in the Department of Writing and Linguistics. She
enjoys reading and writing in various genres and is currently
working on her MFA in creative writing at University of the South
in Sewanee, Tennessee. |
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