Christina Southwick

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“Douglas” by Christina Southwick

Submitted to Contest #49

She drops her head onto the tattered grey steering wheel, an unsteady breath escaping between chapped lips. The autumn breeze lazily drifting through the cracked window of her car brushes against slumped shoulders, but she doesn’t notice. Her eyes are focused on the thin layer of dust behind the wheel she rests her forehead on. Small, minuscule particles gently rise into the air. Riding the gentle wind that came down from the mute giants surrounding her tiny car. A strong breeze makes its way up and over the dense population of Douglas fir...

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Recent high school graduate. Attending Cal Poly Pomona this fall as a STEM major.