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VOLUME 12 2019 The Human THE JOURNAL OF POETRY, Touch PROSE AND VISUAL ART UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS THE JOURNAL OF Poetry, Prose, & Visual Art University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus FRONT COVER ARTWORK The Tree of Love ARTURO GARCIA BACK COVER ARTWORK Lighthouse Staircase AREK WIKTOR GRAPHIC DESIGN Scott Allison [email protected] ScottAllison.org PRINTING Bill Daley Citizen Printing, Fort Collins 970.545.0699 [email protected] This journal and all of its contents with no exceptions are covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. To view a summary of this license, please see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/. To review the license in full, please see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/legalcode. Fair use and other rights are not affected by this license. 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To honor the creative expression of the journal’s contributors, the unique and deliberate formats of their work have been preserved. © All Authors/Artists Hold Their Own Copyright THE HUMAN TOUCH Volume 12 2019 EDITORS IN CHIEF Carolyn Ho Diana Ir Priya Krishnan EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Elsa Alaswad Nicholas Arlas Riannon Atwater Raisa Bailon James Carter Shayer Chowdhury Samantha Conner Tom Henry David Amelia Davis Anjali Dhurandhar Thanhnga Doan Allison Dubner Nina Elder Kirk Fetters Lynn Fox Amanda Glickman George Ho Sophia Hu Carolyn Jones Vladka Kovar Cecille Lamorena Christine Lee Daniel Maher Barry Manembu Zoe Owrutsky Jenna Pratt Meha Semwal Kelly Stanek Helena Winston SUPERVISING EDITOR Therese Jones CONTENTS PREFACE ..................................................................................................7 I Finished Reading a Book Then Walked Down the Street Fredrick R. Abrams .........8 But for the Grace Alice Abrams ...................................................................10 Alzheimer's Jasmine Arneja ........................................................................13 My People Morgan Allred. 14 Poetic Diatribe Morgan Allred .....................................................................16 Someday, I Will Sign This Anonymous ..........................................................18 TACS Sarah Bardwell ..................................................................................20 Mastectomy Meditations: Ruby Reality Anne Ryan Bell ....................................22 Purpose Jasmine Arneja .............................................................................24 In The Janet Kim ......................................................................................25 Inspiring Darwin Raisa Bailon .....................................................................26 Something Strange Debra Miller .................................................................27 Secluded Storm Alexandra Frazier. 28 Hope Oliver Bawmann ...............................................................................29 Ballad of the Sleepless Rae Carroll ...............................................................30 Grip James Carter .....................................................................................32 Lament of a Cardiologist at Poetry Slam James Carter .....................................34 Our Revenant Ellen Clark ...........................................................................36 Sensations GARD. 37 Put me on the ropes Jamie Costabile ............................................................38 Ça, c’est pour toi Yasmine Dakham ...............................................................39 The Task Carol Ehrlich ................................................................................40 RAINCLOUD Carol Ehrlich ...........................................................................41 LOVE Carol Ehrlich ....................................................................................42 A Case for Compassion Bryant Elrick .............................................................43 Passing from Winter into Spring With a nod to Mary Oliver Art Elser .................44 What If this Isn't Normal? Art Elser ..............................................................45 Finding Hope in the Obits Art Elser ..............................................................46 Spiral by the Sea Chelsea Triolo ...................................................................47 DYD3 Janet Kim .......................................................................................48 Golden Lava Jasmine Arneja. 49 Icarus Janet Kim. 50 Psychosis Ephrat Fisseha .............................................................................51 Together Mackenzie Garcia .........................................................................52 Routines Carrie Gilman ..............................................................................54 4 | UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS CONTENTS Feeling Old? Get Youth to It! Justin Hauxwell ................................................55 “It’s Quiet” Justin Hauxwell .........................................................................56 Ode to Microbiology Andrew Haynes. 58 Untouched by Dementia Steven R. Heaps ......................................................58 Mimes to the Rescue Steven R. Heaps ...........................................................60 Poor Soul Steven R. Heaps ..........................................................................62 Fall Matthew Hickey ..................................................................................63 If Love Had a Name Carolyn Ho. 64 The Young Ones Annette House ..................................................................66 PEACE Mary Lassiter ..................................................................................67 Emptiness Debra Miller ..............................................................................68 Intriguing Morocco Vladka Kovar. .69 Falling Away Michael Aubrey ......................................................................70 Gravetalk Annette House ...........................................................................71 Medicated Joseph Karwin ..........................................................................72 Under-ripe Olivia Kingery ............................................................................73 Mendelssohn and Cannoli Priya Krishnan ......................................................74 Black Canyon Priya Krishnan .......................................................................77 When the Storm Breaks Priya Krishnan ..........................................................78 Historic Structure Report: The Lungs Isaac Leigh .............................................79 Pete's Turn Damon McLeese ........................................................................84 The Death of the Rivers Sandeep Kumar Mishra ..............................................86 My Gallery Sandeep Kumar Mishra ...............................................................87 Take a Deep Breath Michelle Luna ................................................................88 Poet Michelle Luna ....................................................................................88 I Want to be Thin Michelle Luna ..................................................................89 When Sonic Needs a Bandaid Sally Peach. .90 Loneliness Mary Poole ...............................................................................91 Getting Old Mary Poole .............................................................................91 In the Name of the Father Nicole Restauri ......................................................92 Colorado Summer Trudi Schmidt ..................................................................93 Comfort in Dreams Sophia Hu .....................................................................94 Know Thyself Debra Miller .........................................................................95 Yellowstone Subada Soti ...........................................................................96 Her, Me, Us, This Kelsey Repine. 97 Periodic Poetry Joyce Nielsen ......................................................................98 THE HUMAN TOUCH | 5 CONTENTS There is a Great White Shark in My Living Room Spencer Poore. 102 Fishermen in Floating Village, Siem Riep, Cambodia Victoria Seligman .............. 103 By the Time I Reached You Jan Rudeen ....................................................... 104 Soleil Jan Rudeen ................................................................................... 105 Clinic Ilona Schwarz ................................................................................. 106 A Matter of Life and Death Norman Scott ................................................... 107 Hopefully my Sense David Shepard ............................................................ 108 Long Gone David Shepard ........................................................................ 109 Portland’s Autumn Light David Shepard ...................................................... 109 Here is the Truth Indira Sriram ................................................................... 110 new mother Lina Stanchev ....................................................................... 111 A Cut to the Hand Kelly Stanek ................................................................. 112 The Eternal;