Kathleen Shemer

Kathleen Shemer is an attorney and an award-winning poet. Her poetry and creative non-fiction have appeared in The Maryland Poetry Review, the anthology Thy Mother's Glass, Baltimore Fishbowl, The Baltimore Sun, and elsewhere.

Signs of Amelia

Great whooping sounds, a furious rattling, and a pounding like thunder spread through the lab. Brad felt the concrete building vibrate under him. The chimpanzees were banging and smashing on the steel slats of their cages, using their hands and feet. He dropped the bolt cutters he had used on the loading dock door and pushed into the sound. He had to find Amelia before someone found him.

Issue 54, October 2021

Kathleen Shemer

Kathleen Shemer is an attorney and an award-winning poet. Her poetry and creative non-fiction have appeared in The Maryland Poetry Review, the anthology Thy Mother's Glass, Baltimore Fishbowl, The Baltimore Sun, and elsewhere.

Signs of Amelia

Great whooping sounds, a furious rattling, and a pounding like thunder spread through the lab. Brad felt the concrete building vibrate under him. The chimpanzees were banging and smashing on the steel slats of their cages, using their hands and feet. He dropped the bolt cutters he had used on the loading dock door and pushed into the sound. He had to find Amelia before someone found him.

Issue 54, October 2021

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