At fourteen, acutely and newly voiceless
I became preoccupied with the basking shark.
From an animal family typecast as
vicious and soulless and yet itself...
Eva Alter is an emerging writer from the Southeast, writing about memory, liminality, loss, and nature. Her work is forthcoming in L I M I N A L S P A C E S M AG and wildscape. literary journal. She can be found at @eva_alter_poet on Twittter/X and @eva.alter.poet on Instagram.