Justin Balog, born in Beach Park, Illinois, holds a BS in biology and creative writing from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan, where he is a postgraduate fellow in the Helen Zell Writers’ Program. He lives in Ann Arbor.

Observations on Connectivity

by Justin Balog

Not
                            connected or associated with

as in


                             electrons of an atom


                                          are physically unconnected
                            to its nucleus
    but still determine
reactivity
(chemical) associations
and energetics of the atom


for example
             when my father was sent away to the psychiatric ward
                                        after attempting suicide              
                                        for the second time
we felt unconnected
People on couch
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