Every Shiny Thing by Jensen Cordelia; Morrison Laurie;

Author:Jensen, Cordelia; Morrison, Laurie;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2018-05-05T04:00:00+00:00

SIERRA

Shaky

I was so nervous

to ask Lauren

not to take anything from

Mariah’s.

But Mariah has been nice

to me, too.

And she’s in our group

with us.

Cares about the same things

we do.

Lauren’s eyes didn’t look

mad exactly

but I did feel

sick after

like I had made things

worse.

When I got home,

I looked into my kaleidoscope

and this time shook and shook

for green to

rise up

not for Mom,

for Lauren.

Every Shiny Thing

When Mom’s days faded from

green to orange,

there was this in-between time—

when I could joke or snuggle her out

of her coming anger.

Like how you see storm clouds

but then the weather shifts,

the sun pushes them out

all it does is drizzle.

Now, searching for green

I wonder,

though,

if Lauren’s already so gone.

Thunder—

lightning—

orange.

I wonder if no warning

or joke or anything

can distract her

from stealing

then selling

every shiny thing.

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