Feeding Birds Irreplicable Dirt
Bryan Lockward
- Feeding
- Birds
- Irreplicable
- Dirt
- is
- a
- collection
- of
- four
- short
- stories.
- These
- drama
- stories
- tackle
- loss,
- along
- with
- other
- emotional
- issues,
- and
- provide
- perspective
- on
- societal
- issues."Birds
- Without
- Feathers"
- is
- a
- story
- about
- a
- boy,
- Jake,
- who
- likes
- to
- pretend
- to
- be
- a
- scarecrow,
- much
- to
- the
- chagrin
- of
- his
- father
- and
- brother.
- Throughout
- the
- story,
- Jake
- wants
- to
- stay
- true
- to
- himself,
- but
- also
- make
- others
- happy.In
- "Irreplicable",
- a
- young
- girl,
- Laney,
- finds
- a
- mylar
- balloon
- that
- doesn't
- seem
- to
- deflate.
- She
- takes
- it
- with
- her
- everywhere.
- Her
- father
- is
- worried
- about
- her
- attachment
- to
- the
- fragile
- item
- and
- attempts
- to
- replace
- it
- with
- something
- more
- permanent,
- a
- family
- cat."Don't
- Feed
- the
- Ghosts"
- follows
- a
- local
- cop,
- Officer
- Carter,
- as
- he
- responds
- to
- a
- call
- at
- the
- local
- cemetery.
- There,
- he
- finds
- a
- strange
- man
- with
- a
- wide
- array
- of
- food.
- When
- the
- man
- tells
- Officer
- Carter
- that
- he
- is
- "feeding
- the
- ghosts",
- the
- police
- officer
- must
- decide
- if
- he
- is
- crazy
- or
- telling
- the
- truth."Dirt
- and
- Bones"
- is
- about
- two
- American
- soldiers
- in
- Vietnam
- tasked
- with
- burying
- the
- body
- of
- a
- young
- woman
- in
- the
- jungle.
- While
- digging,
- the
- two
- discuss
- their
- futures
- and
- try
- to
- avoid
- their enemy.
