The Leading Edge of Nothing 

Dementia is a frozen lake 
in your brain 
that cracks loudly when 
 
it detaches from the shore. 
As temperatures rise 
and fall the lake gets bigger 
 
then smaller, 
smaller then bigger, 
but its impact is constant.

VINCENT BELL

Vincent Bell grew up in New York City and has degrees from NYU and Fordham. In late 2021, Kelsay Books published his full-length poetry book Gut Renovations. His poetry has also appeared in upstreet 16, PANK, The RavensPerch, Mudfish 21, and The Westchester Review. He and his wife live in Ardsley, New York.