The Blue Of Milk
Kathy Fish
There was a woman who went to the park at night and swung on the swings and drank from a bottle in a paper bag. When she became dizzy she would stand and remove her clothes and walk the perimeter of the park singing low.
There was a man who walked his dog, who saw her, but kept to the other side of the street and never entered the park. When the moon was out and shining she looked blue, he thought, a naked blue or silver blue or the blue of milk. He tried not to look at her.
There was a small child who lay in bed waiting for his mother to return. He decided one night to follow her.
The man saw the boy trailing far behind the woman. The boy dragged a blanket. The man kept to the other side of the street and didn't enter the park.
All the nights after this w
