Before the harsh days of the 2020 lockdown, a son sees the decline of his father through Alzheimer's. Despite its ugliness, moments of beauty are found. When isolation arrives, the son still finds beauty in a walled off world.
Les Epstein is a poet, playwright and educator. His work has appeared in such journals as Clinch Mountain Review, Slant, Jelly Bucket and Bacopa Literary Review. His chapbook Sleep Cinematic: A Golem's Quartet was published by Gnashing Teeth in 2022. He teaches in Roanoke, VA.
