“Visiting My 91 Year Old Mom at the Rehab Center,” by Karen Hildebrand (Poetry ’22)
2022 poetry alum Karen Hildebrand was recently featured in Defunct. Read an excerpt of Hildebrand’s poem below:
Visiting My 91 Year Old Mom at the Rehab Center
We face off — heavyweight to flyweight
Mom’s chair leather, mine mesh. She punches
down her tea mug, sending the cart into a spin.
I’m sparring with the best. Hundred degrees,
arid Colorado heat, Mom approaches the ring
in a droopy sweater, ankles blown twice normal.
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