Heading Home, Driving South
by Alix Trowler (they/them)
Audio Transcript:
Headed Home, Driving South
Back seat
Soft fur
His collar shifts, softly jingling
Hot nights
Ceiling fans
The cicadas pulse like fire alarms
Polite charades
Sir and ma'am
"I didn't ask, and she didn't say"
Wrinkled hands
Searching eyes
"Do you ever think about moving back?"
Alix is a comics artist, queer community organizer, social worker and sometimes filmmaker born and raised in North Carolina, currently blessing hearts in Brooklyn, NY.