Desi Ana Sartini writes from SE Asia, where she has immersed herself in language. She studies Malay literature by day, Hebrew poetry by night, and cake-making on the weekends. Besides Solid Food Press, her work has appeared in Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, Foreshadow Magazine, The Way Back to Ourselves, As Surely as the Sun, and The Habit podcast. This piece is from her forthcoming book, Seeds: An immersive retelling in (mostly) verse of the biblical story of Genesis. You can watch for its release and read more of her work on her writing blog: Breath of Heaven, Dust of Earth (www.breathanddust.com).