Published in Hearth & Coffin
baby im licking my wounds
like a mangy coyote
like Old Yeller if the boy
missed and the bullet became
a third eye or a pebble in the paw
or nothing at all. the vet told me
that I have to stop gnawing
and let it heal and become a new
creature but my god
i’m starting to like the taste
Jaden Fong 