Katy Giebenhain is the author of Sharps Cabaret (Mercer University Press). Poems and prose have appeared in New Welsh Review, Where the Birds Sing Our Names: An Anthology for Tŷ Hafan, The Examined Life Journal, PoetryXHunger, Bridge Eight, BMJ Medical Humanities Blog and elsewhere. www.katygiebenhain.com.

Full Moon, Occ Health

By the time he reaches Occupational Health the security officer tips his head, says Full moon. You can tell.    In the bright sting of winter and vaccine pod fender-bendersglass doors on this edge of hospital campus part and shut, part and shut.  Last week a diamond earing went missing.With a distraught patient Iduck-walked the foyer, examined elevator tracks, feltbehind parked wheelchairs and the …

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