Never Happened

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June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

by Abigail Chang

 

“Loving to see you!”
someone shouts
and I am stunned, who are they talking to
but when I turn around
all I see is a hill
curving downwards
in the most gentle way possible
and in the distance
a girl dancing, falling off a mountaintop
her hair feathering as she divides in two

 

Abigail Chang is a writer based in Taipei, Taiwan. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Cortland Review, Gone Lawn, Gulf Stream, Parentheses Journal and elsewhere. Find her at Twitter & Instagram @honeybutterball

 

 

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IMAGE: Painted scroll: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu)
IMAGE: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu) (Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷) , 1985.791,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2025