Alexandria Britten

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“Hurricane Joy ” by Alexandria Britten

Submitted to Contest #271

The algae eat our legs for their last supper because tomorrow they will be annihilated—they will die with Louisiana. But the algae doesn’t want to die. They want to live on our legs, keep us bound to the green still planet forever like we are aliens. Their bites are ticklish to us as we stand in the swamp where life does not seem easy beneath the hazel waters. We are one suddenly with the creatures of the shallow, one with the alligators, tadpoles, turtles, and maybe even the moccasins that we all try to stay away from. But this union will n...

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