Katherine Orfinger

Joined July 2017

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Bio

I am a college student, future teacher, Jewish woman, and member of the LGBT+ community. I write personal essays, poetry, and short fiction.

Stories (2/0)

Cold Water Women
“I need a drinkof cold water,” I mumble upon waking up. Daddy shows me howa scrunched-up straw wrapperbecomes a wormunder a dribble of cold wateron the table at Cracker Barrel–look! how the fledglingworm blossoms.Little Katie laughs.
By Katherine Orfinger7 years ago in Poets
Achy
heart lightheart fullit’s an achy time of yearrose petal teaisn’t pinkmy hands trembleyearn to be heldbitten-down nailstender bloody cuticlesspring is an eggshell at the Sederthe cleanest whiteas whitened teethSarah’s brand-new ballet flatdancing through my memoryachy tendersoft as the cleanest dream
By Katherine Orfinger7 years ago in Poets