allison whittenberg

Instructions

if ever you find me
screaming,
grabbing for the air,
failling.

help,
…………..if you can,

if you can’t, turn away
so that vision
that version of my dying, doesn’t
live in your mind

Allison Whittenberg is an award-winning novelist and playwright. Her poetry has appeared in Berlin Lit, Columbia Review, Feminist Studies, J Journal, and New Orleans Review. Whittenberg is a ten-time Pushcart Prize nominee. They Were Horrible Cooks is her collection of poetry.