The Volunteer
By Amanda Hope
“When I could not disappear my humanity, I tried being amiable, / as though good cheer were an argument for existence.”
Amanda Hope
Amanda Hope lives in eastern Massachusetts with her partner and cats. A graduate of Colgate University and Simmons College, she works as a librarian. Her poems have appeared in Gasher Journal, Salamander, The Lily Poetry Review, The Hellebore, and more. Her chapbook, The Museum of Resentments, was published by Paper Nautilus in 2020. You can find out more at her website, http://www.amandahope.net.