Earth Hiccups
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Earth Hiccups

When it gets smaller maybe it’s distilled into something more powerful. By the time it makes it back to earth it’s in the purest form. There are wonders littered on the mountainsides here, colorful and whimsically shaped.

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If the Devil Had a Garden
Beth Downing Beth Downing

If the Devil Had a Garden

Maybe there was a thread of recognition that passed between us, our paths having crossed before, and that’s why I noticed it. Admiring its reflection in a once-shiny chrome motorcycle gas tank.

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Irregular Shadows
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Irregular Shadows

I imagine this is similar to being in what the Celts called a “thin place.” Where the veil between this world and others is smallest. Just like moments of portent, there’s an extra bit of resonance both deep in my chest and prickling on the surface of my skin.

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Weather Makers
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Weather Makers

In that moment, I floated like the balloon and like the clouds caught on the atmospheric interruption. In that suspension, I was within my own cloud.

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