character
Sasha
the rat
A saint painted as a small earnest rat, perched inside a moon. Sasha is my long-distance bestie — the person with whom I can be a child again and still feel understood. Her icon is mine as a gift to myself.
the song
Sasha The Rat
A baptism and a dance. She holds my head underneath the water; I come up freer. Then we sit in the stars and remember each other.
Hey, I remember you,
— chorus, "Sasha The Rat"
you love the moon like I do.
I want to love the moon with you,
with you.
Again.