NINTH GRADE VOLLEYBALL BY MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA

Two days in and the coaches give her A nickname Two syllables instead of my three— Her given name is too full Of beauty, of vowel, of nuance. Of Spanish. New name time: serve new identities, spike the old ones. Two syllables: Something short, ugly. American. They are only joking, they say. They don’t mean … Continue reading NINTH GRADE VOLLEYBALL BY MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA