By Krista Sanford
two little girls sat in a box of
sand plastered to their legs
skin tanning from a summer
outside in bare feet and
dirt under their fingernails.
messy hair and smiling faces
still wearing their sunday
best. flowers and lace,
for little princesses
with toes dug deep in the sand.
Krista Sanford graduated from Ball State University with a BA in Creative Writing and Literature in 2016. She is the author of a chapbook titled ‘fatboy: a collection’, published by Alien Buddha Press. She is currently a HR and Media Manager for a marketing firm in Indianapolis, IN. You can find her on Twitter at @k_leesan or her website, www.kleesan.com.
