REBECCA LOUDON

Lives and writes in Seattle.
She is the author of Radish King and Cadaver Dogs.
Her work most recently appeared in Action, YES! Quarterly.
Rebecca is a professional musician and teaches violin lessons to children.

The Stuff Inside The Pocket Of My Violin Case

two new Dominant violin strings an A and a D
two A440 tuning forks
a postcard of a poetry reading I did
the card that Marty gave me with flowers after a concert
a postcard of a photo of Dylan Thomas inside a tree
a photo of my son on a ferry that I took the day my father died
a Dampit
matches from the Seattle Sheraton Hotel the one with a swimming pool on the top floor from which you can see the entire city at night
(there were a pair of wax lips in there but they melted and I had to throw them away)