“The Thing with Feathers” — McSweeney’s

Hope is the thing with feathers. Remember that! Visualize that! Especially during these harrowing times! Thank you, Emily Dickinson!

See how the little thing, delicate but mighty, takes wing and soars, singing its dulcet song, leaving all human misery down below.

Hope! Feathers! Got it! Sear this thought into your brain while you root around under the sofa cushions for… (Read the full piece at McSweeney’s.)

“The Thing with Feathers” by Jenny Allen
in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
December 10, 2020