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| Issue 23: | 28 April 2024 |
| Poem: | 68 words |
By Mary Buchinger
Thoughts of Bodily Integrity on My Way to School
You’re just a pedestrian, says the truck says the no-turn-on-red right-turning car the what-red-light bike the who-needs-sidewalks road commission the governor the president the river the willow the whistling hawk the sequined shawl of snow the sun on my braid the perfect vee of geese Pedestrian! Pedestrian! they honk I watch the traffic helicopter plow across their pretty path
Mary Buchinger
is the author of seven collections of poetry; her most recent books are The Book of Shores (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2024), Navigating the Reach (Salmon Poetry, 2023), and Virology (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2022). Her work has appeared in AGNI, Maine Review, Plume, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, Salamander, Salt Hill, Seneca Review, Sugar House Review, and elsewhere. She teaches at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and serves on the board of the New England Poetry Club.
Author’s website: https://www.marybuchinger.com/
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