A full moon, in bed

with my arms
above my head going

someplace — surrender vs
airport security? maybe

it's an important question — 
how good is a snail's memory?

it can remember
for a month, I will focus —

my attention on weather
the wind is spreading

rumors of maples or clams.

Wendy Schaffer

Wendy Schaffer (she/her) received her PhD in physics from Columbia University and MD from Cornell University. She writes poetry and ministers to broken hearts at a hospital in New York City. She is grateful to The Modern Artist, re•mediate, *82 review, Consilience, The Hong Kong Review, Sheila-Na-Gig and Silly Goose Press for honoring her poetry.

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