“OBIT [Frontal Lobe],” by Victoria Chang (Poetry ’05)

Victoria Chang‘s poem “OBIT [Frontal Lobe]” recently appeared on poets.org. Read an excerpt of this poem below:

OBIT [Frontal Lobe]

My Father’s Frontal Lobe–died
unpeacefully of a stroke June 24,
2009 at Scripps Memorial Hospital in
San Diego, California. Born January 20,
1940, the frontal lobe enjoyed a good
life. The frontal lobe loved being the
boss. It tried to talk again but someone
put a bag over it. When the frontal
lobe died, it sucked in its lips like a
window pulled shut…

Find the rest of this poem here: https://poets.org/poem/obit-frontal-lobe