Editor's
Note: May 17 is Norway Constitution Day
Leirvik
Oysters
by Chandy John
by Chandy John
Thick
algae-green shell
Delicate
pattern, unyielding mouth
Cracked
open with force and skill
Yields
slimy, salty, repellent joy
Nose,
mouth, tongue
Inhale
The
western Norway coast
Remains
in stomach memory
From
Chandy John:
“I'm a a pediatrician, researcher and author whose prose, poems and
fiction have been published in Sojourners, Phantasmagoria, JAMA, The
Pharos, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of General Internal
Medicine and The Michigan Alumnus. I live and work in Indiana, Kenya
and Uganda.”