Sondra Sumsion Soderborg

I learned to read slowly, sitting on top of a portable dishwasher, sounding out letters, then words, then finally books, BOOKS!, while my mom washed the dishes.

Disrobed

Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 1

The moment that I cannot comprehend
is when you took your garments off.

I wonder (though I don’t quite want to know)
whether, when the moment came,
it was conscious or was incidental.