By Michael De Rosa

Michael De Rosa is a writer of short fiction living in Manchester, England. His work has been featured in Anima Poetry, The Blue Lake Review, Chronogram, The Nottingham Review, Offline Samizdat, Otoliths, and Up The River/Albany Poets.
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Second Language

“M-U-E-R-T-E,” he spelled out in the boy’s second language so that he couldn’t understand that there was death in the room with them. It was his parents’ language, the one that contained words he understood but could not yet spell out.             Being that her eyes were swelling with grief, the woman tried desperately not…