Originally from New Jersey, Maria Poulatha lives in Athens, Greece with her husband and daughter. Her stories have appeared in Split Lip Magazine, Copper Nickel, SmokeLong Quarterly, Pithead Chapel, Trampset and elsewhere.

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In Praise of Anesthesia

By MARIA POULATHA

I will my alien legs onto the gurney. “You feel something?” asks a nurse, tapping the thin helmet of my belly.