con * stant (n)

By Larina Warnock

con * stant (n):
something that does not or cannot change or vary

and yet I am in a perpetual state of motion, the only
constant a variable that cannot vary
the only truth in life a lie about truth, a fluid
proof that proves nothing
except that change is constant and real

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A one-time teen mother and high school dropout, Dr. Larina Warnock serves the education system in Southern Oregon. She lives with her husband, three dogs, and a turtle older than she is. Her work has appeared in Oregon Humanities, Rattle, The McNeese Review, Abyss & Apex, and others. Her chapbook, American Rural: Monologues, was published in October 2024, and her TEDx talk is available on the TEDx YouTube channel.