Blair N Donohue
There are the unknowable things: what the crows in the
trees are discussing today, in shrill, nervous voices; which of the
papery sailboats crossing the Bay will somersault, unexpectedly
into the rock;
whether the cable car driver will hear you as you
call out for him to wait, wait, just wait for me, please;
why you start to sob as you run down the hill, screaming
at the already moving cable car;
why everything leaves you exhausted
and weepy and papery these days—the formal
politeness of your neighbors, the lady at work who
did not know your name, the crows who call
nervously to one another from the tops of the
eucalyptus trees.
Whether it will always be like this.
Blair Donohue is a freshman anthropology major. She is also a licensed midwife and has helped with the delivery of over 150 babies.
