The Empty Jar

It’s still a rad jar, she says.

What will you do with it?

I don’t know.

Maybe I can keep some clay from here?

Maybe since we’ve mixed

so much together

all of it is magical now?

 

 

Malia reaches into the water,

away from where

it starts to flow into a stream,

comes back with a handful

of goopy mud.

We pry it off her hand into the jar,

then close the latch.