they’d pay a lot of money

Issue #7 - February 2025

By Amanda Wilde

for a way to bottle sanity
directions to the fountain of youth
passion sans pain
to solve the fractal equation
break the light barrier
time travel

they’d pay a lot of money
to remember
to forget
her body
what it looks like
what it feels like
what it does

they’d pay a lot of money
for a cure
to never reset another password
the secret of life
5 more minutes
1 more day

they’d pay a lot of money
for someone to love them
the way i love you

Amanda Wilde is a researcher, mother, and sometimes‑poet. Trained in biomedicine, she contributes to an emerging matrescence‑focused model of health care that centers the mother–baby dyad. She enjoys swimming, dancing, and wandering new cities with her four‑year‑old daughter.