Here’s an empty grave, where a body that had been a boy became bones beneath a wooden cross. They buried him with one…
Kiley Bense
Kiley Bense is a writer and journalist based in New York. Her essays have appeared online for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Rumpus, Saveur, and Narratively, among others. You can read her work at kileybense.com and follow her on Twitter at @kileybense.