Excerpt from The Most Dazzling Girl In Berlin by Kip Wilson, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

I nod, wrap
my arms around
myself, head back
out into the night.

BEDTIME

My stomach empty

I look for a place to rest in


and I have to blink back
my tears.

The benches look
too hard, too public



pulling my coat

because nothing else can take
today's failure away.

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