Clytemnestra: a reimagining of Ovid's Metamorphoses, 'Leda and the Swan'
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Bell, JaimeAbstract
My little sister is born a month early, in a rush of golden afterbirth and crushed feathers. I stand over the tiny body on the rug. Feathers plastered flat against her still chest. Stiff, pale wings curling around her shoulders, like a plumaged cocoon to protect her from the faceless threat of the world.My little sister is born a month early, in a rush of golden afterbirth and crushed feathers. I stand over the tiny body on the rug. Feathers plastered flat against her still chest. Stiff, pale wings curling around her shoulders, like a plumaged cocoon to protect her from the faceless threat of the world.
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Date
2021Publisher
University of SydneyLicence
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Henry Lawson Prize for ProseShare