Psalm

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December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

by Samantha Marie Daniels

 

Baptized by the first
rainy day of the season—
I’m looking for you,
O Lord, but I can’t see through
the water on my windshield.

 

Samantha Marie Daniels is from Sacramento, CA. She has been most recently featured in Sheepshead Review, JAKE, Ink in Thirds, THINK, Talking River Review, and Broad River Review. Her work was selected as a finalist in Broad River Review’s 2024 Rash Award for Fiction.

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