Sharon Johnson, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org Literary Arts Journal Tue, 06 Jun 2023 22:43:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Sharon Johnson, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org 32 32 199531397 At the Gate https://hyacinthreview.org/sharon-johnson-at-the-gate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sharon-johnson-at-the-gate Wed, 18 Oct 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=4978 She was 98, hours dead, shrouded from her gnarled feet to her knotted shoulders by a hush of bleached linen. She was smaller, sleeker, smoother, as if she had stepped out of the rising dough of her earthly flesh, then laid down to collect her thoughts for a farewell speech or sneak a catnap before…

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