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VOLUME 13 2020 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 Lattes For Two MICHAEL AUBREY BACK COVER ARTWORK Choice SUBBIAH PUGAZHENTHI GRAPHIC DESIGN Christina Martins [email protected] christinamartins.me 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. To learn more about this and other Creative Commons licenses, please see http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses. 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 13 2020 EDITORS IN CHIEF Allison M. Dubner Carolyn Ho Priya Krishnan EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Nicholas Arlas James Carter Amelia Davis Anjali Dhurandhar Nina Elder Kirk Fetters Lynne Fox Robyn Gisbert Amanda Glickman George Ho Vladka Kovar Diana Lutfi Jenna Pratt Kelly Stanek David Weil Helena Winston SUPERVISING EDITOR Therese Jones CONTENTS PREFACE ..................................................................................................7 When I Was Born James Chin ........................................................................8 Duffy At Ten Months (first child) Kathi Brittain .................................................9 The Bridge: An Anatomy Lesson Annette House .............................................11 Status Asthmaticus Priya Krishna .................................................................12 Night Bike Rides Christopher Mulvany ...........................................................14 Mother and Toddle in the Coffee Shop Art Esler .............................................16 Newborn Carol Ehrlich ...............................................................................17 Dying to become woke Helio Neves da Silva ...................................................18 Beggars Shirley Sullivan. .19 Immortalized Howe Qui. 20 Turnover - A Haiku Jeff Druck .....................................................................21 Job Perks Annette House ............................................................................22 The Forest Reilly Quist ...............................................................................24 City Lights Lyndy Bush ...............................................................................25 Old Souls Jaime Belkind-Gerson ....................................................................26 13 Burr Hole Surgery, part 2 Paul Flippen .......................................................27 Elk Storm Cowden ....................................................................................28 Texas Creek Matthew Hickey .......................................................................29 Faces James Carter, Jr. ................................................................................31 Only Skin Deep? Justin Hauxwell ..................................................................32 Manic or Mania Amira Athanasios ................................................................33 Two Hands Madeline G. Huey ......................................................................34 The Interview Karima Osman ......................................................................36 Self-Doubt in the Land of Life and Death Benjamin Fuller .................................37 One Eighteen in the Morning Fred Guggenheim .............................................38 The Letter Annette House ...........................................................................40 Unnamed James Carter, Jr. ..........................................................................41 His Seasons Gay Williford ...........................................................................42 Father How Will You Leave This World? Erika D. Walker ...................................43 The Stone Garden Alice Marilyn Abrams ......................................................44 Hope is the Thing with Feathers Art Else ......................................................46 Big Red Bear Lisa Kurth .............................................................................47 A Cuban Man Playing Solo Guitar Mark Rush. 48 Cochleapus Storm Crowden ........................................................................49 Waterfall Serenity Alexandra Frazier .............................................................50 4 | UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS CONTENTS A Fleeting Glimpse Gay Williford .................................................................51 Julien’s Castle: The Way of Grief Nancy Sharp ................................................52 Reflections from a Life in Practice: Memories Brian Bacak .................................56 Laminated Menus Spencer Poore .................................................................58 Boundaries Amanda F. Tompkins ..................................................................60 Life is Mysterious Mireya Ortiz ....................................................................63 The Privilege of a Broken Heart Amanda F. Tompkins .......................................64 Comfortably Numb Eric Olson and Carrie Knowlton ..........................................66 08 Phalanx Paul Flippen .............................................................................68 Boats Serapio M. Baca ...............................................................................69 Early Morning Reflection Jaime Belkind-Gerson ...............................................70 Hey Ma, Nick Williams ...............................................................................71 What Kind of Doctor? Amanda F. Tompkins ....................................................72 Down for the Count Liz Betz ......................................................................74 Heartbeats Ryan Kammeyer. .76 Haiku to Cancer Philip “Flipp” Sherengos .......................................................80 2,015 Emily Lefferts ...................................................................................81 The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life Duncan Honeycutt ...................................82 Many a Touching Moment Fred Guggenheim .................................................84 Sonata Rachel Pauley .................................................................................86 S.A.D. Noel Torres .....................................................................................87 Pantoum for a Lost Christmas Syllable Noel Torres ..........................................88 Seasons Howe Qiu ...................................................................................89 Journal Reflections: Panic or Freedom? Lisa Diamond ......................................90 The Realest Place Stephanie Erdman .............................................................92 Walking the Streets of Lisbon Lauren Zausmer ...............................................93 Disappointment Julia Michie Bruckner ...........................................................94 Pen and Ink Fred Abrams ...........................................................................95 Evolution Vladka Kovar ..............................................................................96 When I Am Old Michelle Harris-Love .............................................................97 Domum Amplexus Kelly Stanek ...................................................................98 She's Dying Paul Rousseau .........................................................................99 Whippoorwill Hill Kathi Brittain ................................................................. 100 Adhesions Shirley Sullivan. 101 Disfigured Maymuna Karima Osman .......................................................... 102 The Ethics Committee Elmo Frickman. 106 THE HUMAN TOUCH | 5 CONTENTS I’m Coming Momma! John Sladek .............................................................. 107 Gharial Crocodile Justin Hauxwell ............................................................... 108 Pink Clouds Lyndy Bush ........................................................................... 109 Place of Prayer, Grand Teton National Park Lisa Kurth .................................... 110 The Healing Poetry Mireya Ortiz ................................................................ 111 I Ran Away Erika D. Walker ....................................................................... 112 Caged Sierra Keller .................................................................................. 113 Not My Patagonia Madeline G. Huey .......................................................... 114 The Uncertain Journey Called Life Adriana Solano ......................................... 116 The Test Erika D. Walker ........................................................................... 117 The Experience of Pokes Diana Lutfi ........................................................... 118 Menudo Roopa Gandhi. 120 My Mother, Her Sons