Imagine

yourself behind John Rawls’ veil of ignorance.
You know nothing about your gender, your country’s stance

on faith or border, your age, your health, your assets. There,
in such a swaddling, pronounce. It gets much harder,

doesn’t it? Suddenly, you become a fan
of the conditional. You write in pencil, not pen—

 

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Devon Balwit

Oregonian, Devon Balwit’s work appears has appeared here in Qu as well as in The Worcester Review, The Cincinnati Review, Tampa Review, Sugar House Review, and Rattle among others. Her most recent collection is Spirit Spout [Nixes Mate Books, 2023].

Contributions by Devon Balwit