Written by Allison Zaczynski
The geese remember what I have forgotten—
that my body can move,
that I’m not a tree,
and if I were, I’d slip my roots
out of the ground and walk away.
It’s that simple—
point your body in the direction you want to go
and levitate.
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Allison Zaczynski (she/her) is a deaf poet residing in Connecticut. She is presently a student at Lesley University, earning her MFA in Creative Writing. Her poems have been included in londemere lit, The Hooghly Review, Hog River Press, and Freshwater Poetry Journal. Allison placed twice in the Asnuntuck Community College Student Poetry Contest, winning third place in 2011, judged by Sue Ellen Thompson, and an honorable mention in 2012 judged by former Connecticut Poet Laureate Dick Allen.