Penetralia

By Adam Moorad. Miracle thrusts her pelvis forward when her ankle rolls on a subway full of strangers. She locks her knees and tries to keep from touching any of the other passengers. She sits down in a seat, crosses her legs, and thinks, “I feel hot” so she pull her hair up and breathes through her mouth. Everything underground is hotter. The air bakes its own particles. At the next stop, everyone in the subway car seems to debark and Miracle is alone. She thinks, “I wish I lived in a neighbo