Father: the one who died too young.
Cancer ate his kidneys, but the bile ate his heart.
I hated my envy: the shadow below his collarbones, the pointed edge of his hips.
I hated him for giving up.
Victoria Elizabeth is a lifetime student of the arts, literature, and life as a whole. She recently completed her BFA in Creative Writing and is starting her MLS in Spring 2014 at Rollins College.
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