Don’t look back until you have a lower centre of gravity by Anisha Pillarisetty
Around the corner from the supermarket, an empty trolley swelters in the dirt between the river and the carpark. Turning onto the bike path, Ant swears the sun is making the trolley’s rusted metal cage brighter. Ant would hurtle down the street as a child, clutching the faded handle, the silver cage rattling her bones. She fights the urge to take the trolley home, and the river, resigned to a dull, stagnant green, devours it by the end of summer. Timing the jump was always Ant’s favourite part – the wheels jerking to the side, the cage threatening to tip backwards.
Anisha Pillarisetty is a writer, journalist and radio producer living on unceded Kaurna Yerta. She is currently entering her final year of university studying creative writing and journalism.