Bio
Calla Smith lives and writes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She enjoys continuing to discover all the forgotten corners of the city she has come to call home. She has published a collection of flash fiction "What Doesn't Kill You", and her work can also be found in several literary journals.
Calla Smith
Things That My Mother Taught Me
I want to surf my hospital bed like I've never seen a bigger wave, or dance jigs in my kitchen at four in the morning. I want to follow the footsteps of those who went before me as I search for the promised land in my scattered and broken dreams. I don't want to hover over the threshold of the door to the other side, one foot here and one foot there. I want to pound on the wood with all my strength because my life and death depends on it. I have to do it all for her now, because she can't anymore.