Vulnerable by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

is not a good
or comfortable
place to be
for a man
who has always
relied on himself
and provided
for others,
but three stints
in the madhouse
and over a year
as an outpatient
on the third floor
of the Medical Arts
building after that
will teach you
that no one can
do anything on
their own and
that even Galileo
must have had
help.



Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Walking Is Still Honest, Red Fez, and Anti-Heroin Chic.