Gull in Transition
It bends attentively
over crumbs, its small
head already white as
an adult’s; the mottled
body of its younger self,
follows carefully behind.
Martha Christina lives in Bristol, RI, where she often visits the Coggeshall Farm Museum. She is a frequent contributor to Red Eft Review, and her work has also appeared in earlier issues of Star 82 Review, Crab Orchard Review, and the Tiny Seed Pollinator Project, among others.
See more of her work in 9.2 and 8.2 and 8.2 and 7.4 and 7.3 and 7.2 and 6.3 and 6.3 again