“Leper on the Lawn, By the Front Door” by Leslie Contreras Schwartz (Poetry ’11)
Poetry alumn Leslie Contreras Schwartz was recently featured in zoeglossia. Read an excerpt from “Leper on the Lawn, By the Front Door” below:
Leper on the Lawn, By the Front Door
I go outside to dress
in day, its half sun.
It’s been six months
post coronavirus
and my weakened body
can only walk from room to room—
the neighbor does not wave.
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