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Ellen Zhang

Ellen Zhang (she/her) is a student at Harvard Medical School who has studied under Pu- litzer Prize winner Jorie Graham, poet Rosebud Ben-Oni, and poet Josh Bell. She has been recognized by the 2022 DeBakey Poetry Prize, 2022 Dibase Poetry Contest, and as 2019 National Student Poet Semifinalist. Her works appear or are forthcoming in Rappahannock Review, COUNTERCLOCK journal, Hekton International, and elsewhere. She can be found on instagram @ln.writes.

Breakage

I.Dorsal surface of a mouse skullas unflinching as its neck.Circle close just above clavicle,spiraling outward, slippagethen clean, sharp clamping,feel the bone shutter beforequieting the unquietness. II.A sentiment that has not left me since:I’d rather have my heart routinely broken,you break mine, I’ll break yours. That way,you’re never out of practice. That way,you can really feel this world.Which is to say,

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