Seventeen
Robin Turner
Some say she came
straight out of the mind of fire
searching for demons,
a transformed sister trying
to find her way. She is
a fish in a tree, a shadow
on the Koyukuk, a sketchbook
of broken glass. She is dark
magic planning, a prized
possession, a note
from an old friend, a gurney.
She is shy and doesn’t talk to people.
Until someone casts a spell.
Robin Turner has recent work in Clementine Unbound, Literary Mama, One, and Heron Tree. She works with homeschooled teens online and lives in the Piney Woods of East Texas.