Melendez

"Places and past are simultaneous places and times in the open mind." (Collections of Nearly Unlovable Spaces by Maria Melendez)

I like this little line, it kind of makes sense. Like to those who are open minded and see the world differently from everyone else, the way they perceive the world from a different point of view. These type of people can live both in the present and past, reliving all their happy or sad memories while still making new ones. I don't know that's what I got from it.

"5. The kid who finally found the body
fell off a mountain bike along the fencerow,
told the police that, at first glance,
he "thought it was a scarecrow." " (Buckrail by Maria Melendez)

I thought this except was interesting. It reminded me of Stephen King's The Body, the way a kid finds a body. For a child to see a body would be horrifying, they would probably remember that for the rest of their lives. So this little except is a little bit morbid, especially how the child tells the police that he thought the body was a scarecrow at first.