My Girlfriend Pries Up Rocks

“Difference Noted” by Chris Cammille

when it’s easier to let them be. One boulder in the sweet-pea patch, two cobbles from a dried-up stream. Each stone conceals a history, the stubborn heres that were not here. She frees the most resistant slabs, fills holes to hide what’s disappeared. Snug in their sockets, cherts wink from substrate beds. She likes to see a job well-done. Javelins the crowbar, pockets what she breaks. Instructs my bones to be a pillar, brace the crevice while she excavates. Around us her collection grows. A buried thing goes on & on. At night, she dreams of eskers. I turn beside her, not knowing what to face. Spodumene, pegmatite, feldspar: shelves crack beneath their weight.

About the Author

Eloise Schultz lives in downeast Maine. She is the author of [DUG OUT], a hybrid collection forthcoming from Alternating Current Press. She enjoys playing the flugelhorn. Find her online at www.eloiseschultz.com.

about the artist

Chris Cammille is a multidisciplinary creative blending fine art and interior design through Mint and Fig Design — a studio rooted in intention, expression, and soul. Her work lives between canvas and interiors, where both are treated as intentional compositions. Rooted in travel, materiality, and personal storytelling, Chris’s work is created for those who desire spaces and artwork that feel soulful, layered, and intimately their own — never mass-produced.