It begins as burning scrape: plectrums plucking rusty nerve endings. Pulses trace my gait, recalling cadence, mimicking steps when I pause to examine the ground...
Jason M. Thornberry’s writing appears in JMWW, Harbor Review, Letters Journal, Welter, Afterimages, Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. Jason suffered a traumatic brain injury. Relearning to walk and speak, he earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University. Jason lives in Seattle with his wife and dog.