Peter O’Donovan is a scientist and writer living in Seattle, WA. Originally from Saskatchewan, he received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Toronto, studying design aesthetics. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Typehouse, Sheila-Na-Gig, Qwerty, and the Torontoist.
This poem arrived after the author perhaps read too many of Frank O’Hara’s lunch poems, and perhaps ate too many blackberries during his own lunch hour.