This poem is from the chapbook Afterglow by Adrian Schnall (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/afterglow-by-adrian-schnall/
Adrian Schnall devoted four decades to caring for patients and teaching medical students but has found equal joy in returning to poetry and literature full-time. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Amethyst Review, JAMA, Muddy River Poetry Review, Oberon Poetry Magazine, Pathogens and Immunity, Poetica, and The Cleveland Plain Dealer. His poems have been selected for public readings by Choral Arts Cleveland, Lit Cleveland, Lit Youngstown, the Island Writers’ Network at Hilton Head, and the Western Reserve Chorale. Afterglow is his debut collection.
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