As frequent readers of this blog know, I am indebted to many people for their contributions of poems -- their own and links to others. An alert to today's poem came from Canadian poet Alice Major -- with previous contibutions to this blog found at this link. The poem, "BOUNDARY CONDITIONS" by Sneha Madhavan-Reese was published in the journal Rattle. I offer, below, its opening and closing stanzas, followed by a link to the complete poem.
from BOUNDARY CONDITIONS by Sneha Madhavan-Reese
who but men blame the angels for the wild
exceptionalism of men? —Sam Sax, “Anti-Zionist Abecedarian”
Along the border of any governed region, there exists a value which must
satisfy its laws. This is a rule I learned for solving differential equations.