by
Clara Ray Rusinek Klein
Lifting the attic trapdoor,
I see grandpa’s boots dangling,
the chair tumbled,
the rafter bowed, splintered
where rope holds weight.
Inside the envelope,
a yellowing photo:
a jackbooted officer saluting.
Scrawled words:
Es tut mir leid. Ich verdiene es nicht zu leben.
Clara Ray Rusinek Klein is bilingual in Spanish and English. She holds a BA magna cum laude in Political Science with a minor in Religious Studies. Ms. Klein is an internationally published creative writer, author, and editor, and the founder and Editor in Chief of A Quiet Courage, an online journal of microfiction and poetry in 100 words or less. A Quiet Courage was named among the twelve best literary journals of 2015 by Authors Publish Magazine, just over eight months after its founding. Ms. Klein is a two-time 100 Word Story photo story winner, with her one-hundred-word stories Defector and Airport Shuttle. Her one-hundred-word story Ostdeutschland was chosen as an Editor’s Pick on Postcard Shorts. For more information and a full list of current publications: clararayrusinekklein.wordpress.com.
