by Alice Hartley
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| Photography & Reporting by Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2026 |
Frankenstein’s monster,
from parts lived before.
I wonder,
if we made a monster from
the little ones' parts
left unburied,
would its limbs
remember they wanted to run,
with nowhere to go?
If muscle remembers,
will our monster,
be doomed to flee,
to arms
too weak to hold?
Alice Hartley is a public health nurse in Milwaukee. She has been writing since she was five years old, starting with picture books about her friends. As an adult, she mostly writes poetry and horror stories. She has a found family that includes two cats who don't get along...but four adults that do.