Piper Rasmussen
Talisman
Poet, I am speaking to you as sick to sick, whispering
between the hospital beds in a busy ward.
The things I am saying mean little, but the rattle of my breath
the urgency is what you should hear
the slight bend of my neck
only for you, as I see you, seeking the way.
Bio
Piper Rasmussen (she/her) lives and works from Manhattan with her husband and cats. Her plays have been performed in Ohio, Oregon, and New York. Her poems have appeared in SplashLand Magazine, Kyoto Journal, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and others. piperrasmussen.com