The towel is wet and warm.
I place it on my face and feel
my skin shift like old wood.
Like a prayer, I name
all the things I did not ask for.
– Arlyn LaBelle
Arlyn LaBelle‘s work has appeared multiple times in the Badgerdog summer anthologies as well as Words Work and Persona. She was awarded a scholarship for the Badgerdog Summer writing program, and is currently a student at Texas State University.