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  • Sarah Leandra King (bio)

She vacuumed, swept, mopped the floors to shining. And oh did she wash—everything with care until her hands shriveled, too sore to squeeze and knead the fabrics.

Sunday morning, she missed mass hanging her linens in the calm Louisiana breeze. That night, she folded them into small, tight squares and stacked them on top of the curio cabinet.

She was polishing her rosary beads with the ridges of her fingertips when the water reached her waist. She retired to the attic with the thin white sheets. Tiny candles aglow, she prayed for her city until the water ate the last flicker.

Sarah Leandra King

Sarah Leandra King is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Mary Washington and, currently, a student at American University, where she is studying for a MFA degree in creative writing.

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