Jesse DeLong teaches Composition and Literature at Louisiana State University. This poem can be found in his forthcoming manuscript, The Amateur Scientist’s Notebook, appearing in early 2021 from Baobab Press. Other work has found homes in Colorado Review, Mid-American Review, American Letters and Commentary, Indiana Review, Typo, and other journals. His poems have also appeared in the anthologies Best New Poets 2011 and Feast: Poetry and Recipes for a Full Seating at Dinner. His chapbooks, Tearings, and Other Poems and Earthwards, were released by Curly Head Press.