Issue Forty - Summer 2022

Oncology

By Jamie O’Halloran

Shadow is what they see,
but not really. How can one see
hiding? Because that’s what shadow does:
blankets an object with the absence of light.

Shadow is a game of going in and out,
a seat swinging, child’s voice.
Shadow’s what doctors call
I don’t know.

Copyright O’Halloran 2022