Swinging With Absalom

Sisterhood and the stories we are told

This essay was originally published on Feb 23, 2015 in The Toast in the section called The Butter, which was edited by Roxane Gay. I am publishing some older essays of mine, which I love, while I recover from a broken wrist.

Photo of Absalom’s tomb taken by the author.

Walking the road to Jerusalem, I stumbled over rocks in front of Absalom’s tomb. It was…