The Golden Thread Part One
“It’s too dark. I heard there are tigers in this jungle.”
“Yes.”
“Ordinary tigers?”
“Different. They’re faster, and their fangs have venom, like a snake.”
“What if we see one?”
“They will see you first. Just watch. Just be still.”
“How can we be still with tigers after us?”
“They’re not after us.”
“What if they catch us?”
“If you run they will chase you and they will catch you. They tear the throat, and the poison goes in the blood. It paralyzes you, makes you blind, makes you forget why you are here. And then you drop the thread.”
From Guest Contributor Brook Bhagat
Brook Bhagat’s poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and humor have appeared in Empty Mirror Magazine, Little India, Dămfīno, Nowhere Poetry, Rat’s Ass Review, Peacock Journal, A Story in 100 Words, Anthem: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, and other journals and anthologies. She has completed a full-length poetry manuscript, is writing a novel, and is editor-in-chief of Blue Planet Journal. She holds an MFA from Lindenwood University and teaches creative writing at a community college. More at brook-bhagat.com
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