ninety_miles_from_nashville
raze
rheumatic
fever
stopped
her
heart
seventeen
years
before
a
low
-wing
light
aircraft
took
off
from
a
fogged
-in fairfax
airport
and
broke
her
body
past
the
point
of
saving
,
diving
face
-first
into
the
dirt
ninety
miles
from
nashville
.
when
she
opened
her
eyes
in
the
oxygen
tent
,
her
voice
had
grown
deeper
.
more
resonant
.
and
she
knew
she
had
to
sing
.
her
parents
called
her
ginny,
but
her
stage
name
was
patsy_cline
.
so
sometimes
what
doesn't
kill
us
shows
us
who
we
really
are
.
221209
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from