This piece is featured in Issue No. 19 Flirting with Fire

Poetry

unmet needs

The wildfires blaze, and so do I.
All of these untended wounds burning on the surface;
we have been telling you that enough is enough, we the forests and we the people -
but apparently we must show you.
These are unmet needs combusting.
This is a hunger that should have been fed incrementally. Now, raging.

JAM

JAM or Julia Amerongen Maddison is a scientist-turned artist who is learning to let herself be angry sometimes. You can find JAM online @sciartjam.