Story: ‘Tassel Rue’
Diane Williams, 17 December 2020
The bird’s voice was such a thick voice – it could never have been carried away by the high wind. It was a passionate voice that might have answered the question, ‘What am I living for?’ – had there only been words to accompany it.
And I did get to see the bird out on a limb, opening and closing its mouth, its breast pulsing.
Ruby had said, There is the bird that is...