My poem “Lab: Medusa’s Head” is in Issue 6 of Trampoline Poetry.
I want to write a poem to the lackluster scales
dusting her cheeks. But someone else
did that 10 years ago and I feel so old,
Older than stone.
The teacher says cut.
The teacher says peel.
The teacher says uncover the eyes last.
Jessa Forest Lab: Medusa’s Head