{"id":959,"date":"2019-03-18T02:55:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T02:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/?p=959"},"modified":"2019-03-06T02:57:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T02:57:02","slug":"crosswalk-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/2019\/03\/18\/crosswalk-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Crosswalk by Phebe Jewell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Phebe Jewell lives in the Pacific Northwest. When she’s not writing, she can be found walking her dog in the woods. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Crosswalk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to meet an\nangel,\u201d she helps me to my feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One hand in hers, I stand and look\ndown at broken glass littering the street. I must get a broom. No one should be\nhurt because of me. Her hands are small, but strong. Her eyes meet mine. I\ncould stand on this crosswalk forever, holding her hand. She found me. Knows\nme.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCmon, Gabriel,\u201d tugging me toward\nthe sidewalk. \u201cThe light\u2019s gonna change any second now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut the glass,\u201d I point to the\nshards at our feet. Even angels drop things when they\u2019re in a hurry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulling at my tee shirt, \u201cCmon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t move. The glass is teeth\nknocked out of the mouth of the sky. I must stay with the pieces until I can\nput them back together. The sidewalk is crowded with people looking down. I\nwant to tell them the sky is blue, the earth is round, that we are air, but my\nvoice is broken.
\n            \u201cMove, asshole!\u201d a large man\nshouts from his truck, hand on the horn as he slows into a right turn. Speeding\nuphill, he leans out the window and gives me the finger.  Bits of glass caught in his tire treads catch\nsun and wink at me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I reach for her, but she\u2019s\ngone.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Phebe Jewell lives in the Pacific Northwest. When she’s not writing, she can be found walking her dog in the woods. Crosswalk \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to meet an angel,\u201d she helps me to my feet. One hand in hers, I stand and look down at broken glass littering the street. I must get a broom. … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa867U-ft","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":961,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}