A FEATHER

Authors

  • Debra Dank Deakin University, Australia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21153/cinder2019art862

Abstract

Featured fiction:

A feather.

Yes, that’s what it is. The kind of feather you see on the tail of the rooster in the chook yard...do you remember him?

He’s the only rooster in that chook yard. With those handsome tail feathers, casting themselves across the dry scratched earth of his empire, in long darkened shadows. And in those shadows, did you see the twisted, naked fingers curving into the earth trying to dress themselves in the puffs of dust rising from his incessant scratching?

Author Biography

  • Debra Dank, Deakin University, Australia

    Deb is a Gudanji woman, married to Rick with three adult children and one granddaughter. She is an educator and has worked in the space of learning for many years—a gift given through the hard work of her parents. She continues to experience the privilege of living with Country and with family. Growing in a landscape of family and learning, she is truly fortunate to have the exquisite pleasures of this life and its stories. Deb is currently undertaking her PhD at Deakin University.

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Published

12-09-2019

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