Blue-Eyed Doe
Emma Grey Rose
Blue-Eyed Doe
The old home video shot 7 years ago. One person is sitting in the chair, purple slippers on their feet. Those were the slippers with the white puff balls at the top. The sliding glass door is open. That let in the ocean air. Another person is talking to the baby. They’re filming with my camera. That camera I got from them. There are birthday decorations everywhere. Green dinosaurs and presents (cars, trucks, toys) and a cake in the kitchen. Presents have already been open. The baby is being filmed. Someone else picks up the baby. I walk into view of the camera and talk to the person behind it. Everyone in this video is dead now. Besides myself. And the baby.
Emma Grey Rose is a writer based in San Diego, California from Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in Frighten the Horses, Spinozablue, Iceblink Lit, Sodapop Press, and elsewhere. She is the author of All The Beautiful Things (Midsummer Dream House, 2024).