![]() ![]() The stones, I know, belonged to somebody’s homeland. Now thirty-three, I have crystals scavenged from places unknown and unimaginable after the rocks are tumbled, polished, and turned into tiny vessels to hold wishes and dread. This is how I learned I wanted witchcraft: by paying for something cheap. Wearing the ring, I saw my thoughts on my hand. A witch brings change to the seen world using unseen forces a witch gestures through the veil between worlds. On my finger, it turned from black to green and sometimes to orange when my hands filled with hot desire. ![]() Both were kinds of witchcraft the nuns forbade: spells done with sacred tools, the conjuring power of our hips.īut I too bought a mood ring at the mall. We were quiet about it the way we were quiet about the rolled waistbands of our uniform skirts, which we concealed with the loose overhangs of tucked-in polos. ![]() Some girl at school once had a mood ring. ![]()
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