Rosalie Moffett, a finalist in the 2014 Narrative 30 Below Contest, is the author of the poetry collections Making a Living (Milkweed, 2025); Nervous System, winner of the National Poetry Series Prize and a New York Times New and Notable book; and June in Eden. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow, she is an assistant professor of poetry at the University of Southern Indiana.

Photo credit: Jacob Sunderlin

Transfer of Power

by Rosalie Moffett

Fetal kick and election season and everywhere
flags translate the direction of the wind
into arguments about the future. Each waiting
room’s HGTV show revealing what’s possible
to rip out: ’70s carpet, floral wallpaper. Meanwhile

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