This Is Tiny Tina | Sarah Carson

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Sarah Carson was born and raised in Michigan but now lives in Chicago. She is the author of three chapbooks and two full-length collections of poetry: Poems in which You Die (BatCa t Press) and Buick City (Mayapple Press). Read more of her work at sarahamycarson.com. from TINY TINA For the first year of her life, Tiny Tina slept in a bathtub in the yellowest mobile home in Indian Hills. There were no magnets on the refrigerator. There were no dishes in the sink. Tiny Tina’s mother swaddled her in towels long after she was too big for swaddling. Her father plugged the shower drain with pages from the Pennysaver. “Just in case,” he said, though no one was sure what that was supposed to mean. Show more