Andrea Hellman

Andrea Hellman, EdD, is a Hungarian-born artist and associate professor of Linguistics/TESOL at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. Her art is available at andreahellman.com.

“It’s Time, You Say,” “Thirteen Eggs in His Pocket,” “The Morning After”

It’s time, you say,
it’s yours to make the call of when to stop
to feel the years
attack your joints and swell your knees until
you don’t agree
it’s fair to be in so much pain to move around
from bed to chair
Poetry
Issue 71, March 2023
Issues Archive

Andrea Hellman

Andrea Hellman, EdD, is a Hungarian-born artist and associate professor of Linguistics/TESOL at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. Her art is available at andreahellman.com.

“It’s Time, You Say,” “Thirteen Eggs in His Pocket,” “The Morning After”

It’s time, you say,
it’s yours to make the call of when to stop
to feel the years
attack your joints and swell your knees until
you don’t agree
it’s fair to be in so much pain to move around
from bed to chair
Poetry
Issue 71, March 2023
Issues Archive
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