This poem was written the year my father turned 84. Our bodies are amazing examples of evolutionary design, and by the natural ends of our lives they will fail us. At the high-ceilinged Afghan restaurant Cutlery clinking, conversation clattering Water glasses sweat in the Saturday heat We’re dining on roasted cauliflower, on pomegranate-glazed eggplants My […]
Edith Friedman
Edith Friedman writes about her family and how cultural and economic structures affect the people around her, in California, where she lives with her husband and two sons. She will receive her MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts in 2021.