The Crow Knows What Is Breaking & The Watermark

by Bethany Ball

The Crow Knows What Is Breaking

I always wondered if Mary’s troubles had anything to do with the things she broke. There were so many plates, saucers, brooms, and vases breaking before one could only wonder. Sharp and bony and breakable was she. Her fingers were twice as long as any man’s. When she was a girl I remember how well she hid them. A defect. F…