It was a gray Connecticut day on the beach. My friend and I heaved head-sized rocks in the air above his little brother, who rolled and twisted on his back, laughing with delight, out of the way. The rocks landed with a hiss as they sent pebbles scattering. “Again! Again!” he shouted and we obliged until the rain drove us home.
Nathaniel Lucas is a writer and poet across the Pacific Ocean. His first book of poetry is For My People. Nathaniel is also the author of Figments of the Near-Collapse, forthcoming from Terror House Press.
