VOLUME 10 2017 The Human THE JOURNAL OF POETRY, Touch PROSE AND VISUAL ART UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS THE HUMAN TOUCH Volume 10 2017 GRAPHIC DESIGN EDITORS IN CHIEF Scott Allison Laura Kahn [email protected] Michael Berger ScottAllison.org James Yarovoy PRINTING EDITORIAL BOARD Bill Daley Amanda Glickman Citizen Printing, Fort Collins Carolyn Ho 970.545.0699 Diana Ir [email protected] Meha Semwal Shayer Chowdhury Nicholas Arlas This journal and all of its contents with no exceptions are covered Anjali Durandhar under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Nick Arlas Derivative Works 3.0 License. To view a summary of this license, please see SUPERVISING EDITORS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/. Therese Jones 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 CONTENTS CONTENTS PREFACE Regarding Henry Tess Jones .......................................................10 Relative Inadequacy Bonnie Stanard .........................................................61 Lines in Elegy (For Henry Claman) Bruce Ducker ...........................................12 A Mother's Load Maryanne Frederick .........................................................62 Henry Claman (1930-2016) Diane and Joe Gal .............................................13 After Life Julie Bradley ............................................................................63 Two Sided Blues Mimi Kate Munroe ..........................................................14 Age 24 Hieu T Duong ..............................................................................64 3am admit by an ignorant medical student Oren M Gordon ........................16 Setting Stone Jane Collins .......................................................................65 Cadaver as First Teacher Priya Krishnan .....................................................18 Body Building Charlotte Stall ...................................................................66 Multilingual Darlene B Tad-y ....................................................................20 Butterfly Thanks MK Punky .....................................................................67 Whispered Goodbye Ngoc Vu ..................................................................22 Coming Home Annette M House. 68 Nature's Spiral Oz W Pfenninger ...............................................................23 For My Father Amy Nacht. 69 The Place that Breathes Me In Kelly R Stanek .............................................24 Let Me Find Hope Neha Dasgupta .............................................................70 Human / Body Stephanie M Fukui .............................................................25 Artistic Alchemy: A Painterly Periodic Table Joyce M Nielsen ........................71 Hope Kirk Fetters ....................................................................................26 Ode to Having Hair From the Perspective of One Who Does Not Laurie B Bogue ...........................................................75 More than Endless Mark Kessinger ...........................................................27 Mandarin Lessons L.E. Ellis ......................................................................76 Addict Mary C Mierzejewski .....................................................................28 Joy and Misery James Sze .......................................................................78 Nostalgia is a Dirty Liar Alyssa Jane Gaudynski ............................................30 On a Scale of One to Ten Jacqueline Jules ..................................................79 Monday Morning, For Kim Pamela Brown .................................................31 On Disclosure: Why I don't Write my Pain Bailey L Anderson ........................80 The Act of Sifting Through Rubble Taylor A Goodstein ................................32 Scars Anna S Stadick ...............................................................................82 Air Time Lara E Canham ..........................................................................35 The End Julie Bradley ..............................................................................84 Bipolar Cam Waschke .............................................................................36 Danny Boy Fiona C Horgan. .85 Brake Rotors With Chamomile Katie Van Deventer. .37 The Masseuse Andrea Dejean ...................................................................86 Contemplation Vladka Kovar ...................................................................38 Divide Robin J Aubrey .............................................................................88 Seesaw Ambivalence Rachel M Revelle ......................................................39 Love of Silence. Silence of Love. Mark Mañago ..........................................89 Pulling Teeth Julie Bradley. 40 The Rabbit Hole is Over There John A Unger .............................................90 The Day I Stopped Wearing Mascara Kathleen J Visovatti .............................41 The Tag Liz Betz .....................................................................................92 The Last Knock Paul E Suazo ....................................................................48 The Theft Laurie B Bogue .........................................................................94 To Be Human Sally E Peach. 51 Unplanned Jeannette Guerrasio ................................................................95 Toddler Jane Collins ................................................................................52 Wake Up Connor Fenwick ........................................................................96 Transport Quinlan B Corbett .....................................................................53 Word Become Flesh Rachel M Revelle ........................................................99 A Celebration of Roots Maryanne Frederick. .54 Your Money or Your Life Justin Hauxwell .................................................100 Creating My Own Upper Crust Maryanne Frederick .....................................55 The View from the 8th Floor Jacqueline Jules ...........................................101 Heartbreak Carolyn A Ho ........................................................................57 Anger Kalina Larson ..............................................................................102 Grand Mal Bonnie Stanard .......................................................................58 100 Words Of Winter Mimi Chau ...........................................................103 Favela da Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro Andrew G Flynn .....................................59 To See the World in a Grain of Sand Art Elser ..........................................104 The Separation Bonnie Stanard ................................................................60 4 | UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS THE HUMAN TOUCH | 5 CONTENTS CONTENTS I Read to My New Grandson Art Elser .....................................................105 Hearty Vigilance R. Steven Heaps ...........................................................140 The Terror of the Breathing Tube Art Elser ..............................................106 Deadly Guest R. Steven Heaps ................................................................141 Good Catch George Mary Clark ..............................................................107 Ode to the Surgeon R. Steven Heaps .......................................................142 Home Vladka Kovar ..............................................................................108 A Trace of God...In a Milkweed Pod Alice M Abrams .................................143 Plains to Mountains Michael T Aubrey .....................................................109 Spaghetti Light Michael Aubrey ..............................................................144 Mopani Leaf Oz W Pfenninger ................................................................110 My Stardust Lisa Litzenberger. 145 Mother: Lost and Found Susan Gundlach ................................................111 Resilience Sally E Peach .........................................................................146 Apple Joseph T Karwin ..........................................................................112 Elegy for My Mother's Shoes Jane Collins ...............................................147 Countdown Joseph T Karwin. .113 The Howlers Sharon J Wishnow ..............................................................148 Cold Joseph T Karwin ............................................................................113 Vision of the Hand Shayer A Chowdhury .................................................150 Feeling Better Yet? Justin Hauxwell. 114 Don't Move Shayer A Chowdhury ...........................................................151 Chemo Skinless Falling John A Unger ......................................................115 Colony Collapse Lisa Lynn Biggar ............................................................152 Halloween Christopher H Schifeling .........................................................116