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      November 3, 2015You Might Think This Is What HappensAmy Schrader

      —Schrödinger’s cat walks into a bar.
      And doesn’t.

      You’re talking probabilities & how
      the act of observation changes
      us. As we argue, the cat meows
      to be let out. It’s like a message
       
      from the ether: he loves me, he loves me
      not. Rather: I love you means I hate you
      but at the very least we can agree
      it’s both at the same time. A pas de deux
       
      particular to coexistence. Wave
      hello. I mean goodbye. We roll the dice
      each time we see each other. Let’s behave
      in stranger ways. Pick your poison, break the ice
       
      with jokes we think are pertinent.
      A marriage? Indeterminate.

      from #49 - Fall 2015

      Amy Schrader

      “I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992 with a degree in molecular and cell biology (emphasis in biochemistry). While my career path went one way (barista, accountant) and my vocational path went another (MA in English literature, MFA in poetry), I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the laboratory, the periodic chart of elements, chemical reactions, and other scientific tropes that can serve as astonishing metaphors. One area of scientific inquiry in particular has a powerful and mysterious hold on my imagination: quantum mechanics. More specifically, I am obsessed with the paradoxical thought experiment devised by Erwin Schrödinger about a cat locked in a box with a photon and a gun. The thought experiment illustrates how reality is created solely through the act of observation, which to me sounds very much like poetry.”

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